The BJP, however, appeared less rigid on its demand of an all-encompassing JPC to probe the Commonwealth Games and Adarsh Housing scams. It said it would raise corruption, price rise and black money issues in Parliament.

The Left, too, expressed concerns on corruption, with CPI leader in the Lok Sabha Gurudas Dasgupta saying: “Corruption is economic terrorism. We want to know what the government is doing to stop it.” He refrained from commenting on the JPC in deference to Leader of Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee’s appeal today to the leaders to avoid commenting on the matter outside the Parliament.

Meanwhile, the Speaker will chair another meeting of the floor leaders on Tuesday morning before the formal business starts.

With even the PM silent on the JPC today (the government is still defining its terms of reference), top UPA sources told The Tribune that “there was a consensus now that the Parliament should run”. “Once the government has said it wants the Parliament to run, it will find the ways to do so. A formal resolution in the form of a motion to form the JPC can be moved on Tuesday and adopted by the House or a statement regarding the government’s decision to form a JPC can precede the motion,” sources said.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar also expressed hope that the deadlock would end considering everyone’s determination to run the Parliament which has remained stalled since November last year. “The government and other parties are seriously engaged on the matter. I am hopeful the deadlock will end,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Opposition has asked the government to enlarge the ambit of a JPC beyond 30 members to accommodate one MP per party. “There is no rule that the JPC will comprise only 30 members. There can be 40, even more”, Munde said. The Lok Sabha has 37 parties and the smaller ones like the CPI might not find representation if the JPC membership stays fixed at 30. JPC members are drawn depending on the party’s strength in the House.