PM Modi calls for a meeting of all NDA constituents on Monday ahead of Monsoon session of Parliament

New Delhi: Just ahead of the crucial Monsoon Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a meeting of all NDA constituents on Monday.

The Prime Minister is likely to discuss the political developments in connection with the multi-crore Madhya Pradesh Vyapam Scam and the country's relations with Pakistan.

The monsoon session is expected to be a tumultuous one, with contentious land, labour and GST bills on the table, and simmering political scandals threatening to disrupt proceedings.

Senior NDA ministers on Thursday huddled together to chalk out a strategy for pushing the government's legislative business in the next session beginning next week.

During the review, it was found that reports of Department Related Standing Committees in respect of seven bills are yet to be received while necessary approvals have been obtained in respect of nine others. Sixteen bills have been submitted for Cabinet approval.

The meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Law & Justice Minister Sadananda Gowda, Minorities Welfare Minister Najma Heptullah, and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan, besides Jual Oram (Tribal Affairs), Thawar Chand Gehlot (Social Justice and Empowerment, Sripad Yasso Naik (AYUSH), Mahesh Sharma (Tourism and Culture) and MoS for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

The four bills pending in Lok Sabha include the contentious land bill but sources say it is unlikely to be taken up during this session as the Joint Committee of Parliament scrutinising the bill is unlikely to complete its proceedings on time.

The three other bills pending in the Lower House are the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2014.