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Congress assures smooth running of budget session: Naidu
New Delhi, Feb 22
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi has assured the government of cooperation in ensuring smooth
functioning of the budget session of parliament beginning Monday,
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday.
Naidu reached out to the Congress party seeking its cooperation for the smooth functioning of parliament.
In
a meeting with Naidu ahead of an all-party meeting Sunday, Gandhi also
raised concern over the Land Acquisition Ordinance that awaits
parliamentary nod.
"I told her (Gandhi) the ordinance was brought
after enough consultation with all states and stakeholders," Naidu told
media persons here.
Describing the meeting as cordial, Naidu
said the opposition has every right to raise objections and "we (the
government) respect that".