India, Dec. 3 -- The Union Government and the Opposition parties on Tuesday agreed to end the logjam in Parliament and resolved to have a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in both the Houses - Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The truce came after a series of adjournments and walkouts by the Opposition benches, following which an all-party meeting and a Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting were convened, chaired by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

Both sides also reached a consensus to debate on the 150th anniversary of the national song Vande Mataram. While the treasury benches pressed to debate Vande Matram first and then the electoral reforms, the Opposition insisted vice versa. Before the standoff in the Rajya Sabha post lunch ...