The government reached out to the opposition a day before Parliament opens for the crucial budget session on Monday with parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu driving down to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's house to seek the main opposition party's cooperation.

With six ordinances waiting to be converted into bills, including contentious ones on land acquisition and FDI in insurance sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi too appealed to the opposition parties for cooperation at an all-party meeting.