Ranchi, Feb. 22 -- BJP and AJSU kept themselves away from the all-party meeting called by the Speaker over the budget session. Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore, MLA Pradeep Yadav, LJP MLA Janardan Paswan, RJD MLA Suresh Paswan and JDU MLA Saryu Rai attended the meeting.

After the meeting, Speaker Ravindra Nath Mahato said that cooperation is expected from the opposition. Leader of Opposition is necessary to run the House in a better way. The absence of Leader of Opposition causes trouble to the chair. There is difficulty in running the House. Leader of Opposition is needed 100 per cent. We have requested. He said that if one of the two wheels of the vehicle is missing, then there will be trouble. The Speaker said that a letter was se...