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After a month-long deadlock over corruption in defence deals, both houses of Parliament on Tuesday resumed normal functioning to clear the pending financial business.
The two houses, which had repeatedly witnessed uproarious scenes with Opposition members storming the well, were calm as the business began with Question Hour.
Normalcy returned to Parliament following a meeting between Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sonia Gandhi on Monday night with Speaker G M C Balayogi, in which Vajpayee said the government had an open mind of the issue of setting up of a JPC.
Zero Hour was suspended in the Lok Sabha to enable discussion and passage of the demands for grants of the rural development ministry.
The House would also take up demands for grant of the department of disinvestment before the guillotine is applied in the evening for the demands for grants of the remaining ministries and departments.
Soon after the guillotine is applied, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha will introduce the Appropriation Bill for consideration and passing.
The Rajya Sabha will take up the Appropriation (Railways) Bill for consideration and return, the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment bill and a number of pending bills.
PTI
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