New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured an all-party meeting ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament that the Government is ready to discuss all issues. The Opposition on their part raised concerns over economic slowdown and farm distress and strongly demanded that detained Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah be allowed to attend the House.

At the Government-convened meeting attended by almost all major political parties, said the most important job of the House is to discuss and debate and this session should also be as productive as the last one, according to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi. "Government is ready to discuss all issues within the framework of rules and procedures of the Houses," the Pri...