The CCPA, headed by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, met today, but the discussions were inconclusive as Union ministers Sharad Pawar and Ram Vilas Paswan, who are also members of this panel, could not attend because they were travelling. The meeting was also cut short as Mukherjee was to take the afternoon flight to Tehran.

Government sources, however, indicated that the next session may not be held on August 11 as decided earlier as several UPA allies did not want another run-in with the Opposition so soon after last week's two-day session called especially for the trust vote.

Parliamentary affairs minister Vayalar Ravi maintained that though the CCPA had decided to commence the monsoon session on August 11, the government did not communicate its decision to the President as it was overtaken by events and had to convene a special two-day session for the trust vote. Ravi said the schedule for the monsoon session would be taken up at the next CCPA meeting, which may now be possible on Pranab Mukherjee's return from the SAARC summit in Colombo on August 3.

UPA sources admitted the government was keen on deferring the session as it could prove to be an exercise in futility because the Opposition was unlikely to allow any business to be conducted. Besides the BJP, the UPA would also have to face the wrath of belligerent Left parties.