India, Feb. 26 -- The Government will initiate discussions with the Opposition on the selection of ministries for debates on the demands for grants in the Lok Sabha in the second part of the Budget session, as Speaker Om Birla refused to be part of the process due to a pending notice of motion of no-confidence against him.

There will be discussions related to the demands for grants in about five ministries in the Lok Sabha. Sources said a decision has to be taken on the ministries to be covered under the exercise.

They said normally the Lok Sabha speaker initiates the process of the selection of the ministries, but since the notice submitted by Opposition MPs for the removal of Birla is yet to be decided, he refused to take part in any ...