Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan may revoke the suspension of 25 Congress MPs tomorrow, according to sources.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress are mediating between the Speaker and Congress, add sources.
Meanwhile, the parliamentary committee meeting on the contentious Land Bill has been postponed till August 10 following the suspension of the Congress lawmakers.
The Congress, along with other political parties, boycotted the parliamentary proceedings today. Led by party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leaders sat outside the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament premises.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament has witnessed repeated disruptions with the opposition led by the Congress demanding the resignations of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje over the Lalit Modi row.
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