New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday urged all parties to ensure that the Budget Session of Parliament is productive and said that the Business Advisory Committee will decide on the issues that will be taken up for discussion.

Addressing reporters after an all-party meeting, the parliamentary affairs minister said the meeting, which was attended by 52 leaders from 36 parties, was positive.

"Party leaders raised some issues and demanded discussion on those issues. The Business Advisory Committee will decide which issues will be taken up for discussion," Rijiju said.

Asked about the opposition's demand for a discussion on the stampede at the Maha Kumbh, which claimed 30 lives, the minister said the decision will be taken by the committee.

"There are many important issues... the Kumbh was also mentioned," Rijiju said.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the customary meet, which is convened to inform political parties about the government's legislative agenda and to seek their inputs on issues they would like to raise during the session.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said opposition leaders have decided that the INDIA bloc will raise all issues together during the Budget Session.

Emerging from the all-party meeting convened by the government on the eve of the session, Tiwari also slammed the "politicisation of the Kumbh", saying VIP movement during the event was creating difficulties for the common man.

He said the Congress will flag the issue of the religious congregation becoming a gathering of VIPs linked to the ruling BJP.

The issues of "rising" unemployment and farmers' "plight" will also be raised during the session, he said.

Tiwari said the INDIA bloc will raise all issues together to highlight the problems of common people.

The Budget Session will commence on Friday with the President addressing the joint sitting of the two Houses. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1.

The first leg of the session will conclude on February 13 and the second leg will start on March 10. The session will conclude on April 4. PTI SKU KR NAB AO DIV DIV

Business Advisory Committee to decide Budget Session topics; parties to seek joint discussion of priority public issues. The Business Advisory Committee will decide which issues raised at an all party meeting are taken up for discussion during the Budget Session, including consideration of the Maha Kumbh stampede. The INDIA bloc intends to raise agreed priority concerns collectively-such as politicisation of the event, unemployment and farmers' distress-while the Session timetable and presentation of the Union Budget form part of the scheduling framework under the Committee's authority.