India, Aug. 5 -- The stand-off between the government and the Opposition in Parliament seems unlikely to end any time soon, as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday stuck to his demand for Union home minister Amit Shah's statement on the use of force against protesting students on July 20.

The government also indicated, HT learns, that it is willing to bring the delimitation bill during a special three-day session after Independence Day on the day Gandhi had a 40-minute meeting with Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju.

People aware of the matter said Rijiju reached out to the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha to discuss the possibility of allowing the House business. Rijiju sought the Opposition's cooperation i...