BJP bigwigs gather for the parliamentary party executive meeting. Party president Amit Shah, External Affairs minister Sushma Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi reach PM Modi's 7 RCR residence.


On the eve of the Monsoon session, the government and main opposition Congress today locked horns over the controversies surrounding Sushma Swaraj, Vasundhara Raje and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, setting the stage for confrontation in Parliament.        


While Congress made it clear that it will not allow Parliament to function unless the BJP leaders facing allegations quit, the government asserted that there will be no resignations and that it will not give in to any ultimatum.


Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while seeking the cooperation of opposition, expressed willingness to discuss any issue as he said that running Parliament is a "shared responsibility".        


Ahead of the Monsoon session, two all-party meetings were held -- one convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu and the other by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan -- but both ended in a deadlock, with the government and the main opposition sticking to their positions on the controversies, particularly over Lalit Modi and Vyapam scam.