Speaker Om Birla chairs meeting of Lok Sabha floor leaders

Ahead of the Budget Session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday chaired a meeting of floor leaders of different political parties.

The meeting is being held in the Parliament complex.

Earlier in the day, an all-party meeting called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was also held.

The Budget Session begins on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended the meeting along with other Union Ministers, namely, Rajnath Singh, Thawar Chand Gehlot, Arjun Meghwal, V Muraleedharan, and others.

Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav was also present in the meet.

BJD's Prasanna Acharya, NCP MP Supriya Sule, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, RJD leader Manoj Jha, and many other MPs were present in the meeting.

No MP from the Shiv Sena arrived for the all-party meeting.

The Union Budget will be presented on February 1.