Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited BJP leaders, including L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley for dinner today, in an effort to rope in support of BJP for smooth functioning of the upcoming Parliament session.
BJP has hinted that it would corner the government over various issues like FDI in retail, corruption charges, hike in diesel price and cap on subsidised LPG cylinders during the Winter Session beginning on November 22, hence Prime Minister is holding dinner diplomacy to ensure passage crucial Bills which have been hanging fire for long.
It must be recalled that most of the last session of Parliament had got wasted due to BJP’s persistent attack on the government over corruption issue.