All-party meet on Monday to discuss ways to end deadlock

Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of "hurting" the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu insisted that the washout for the second consecutive week of the monsoon session was not due to government's fault and that it was unwilling to concede to Congress's demand that Union minister Sushma Swaraj and two BJP chief ministers resign over their alleged role in scams. He claimed that in the 14 months of the BJP government, there has been no scam, scandal or political vendetta. "Congress wants a satisfactory proposal. You are in opposition and you will be satisfied only when you are in power. We cannot help it. It may take 10, 20, 25 years," he told reporters.