We know that that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh for discussions over tea, this evening. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu will also be present at the meeting.

Rahul Gandhi has not been invited.

The Congress vice-president said that the government had been forced to take that step. "This meeting is happening after public pressure. This is not the way he functions," said Rahul.

The government is looking at ironing out objections to the GST Bill with Dr Singh and Sonia Gandhi before the house commences for work on Monday.


Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that the government wants smooth functioning of Parliament and "we hope the meeting would be fruitful."