At stake are two important Bills - the Insurance Regulatory Act and the Patents Bill - and the Prime Minister's statement on the Indo-US dialogue which will be followed by a discussion on the Government's foreign policy. But with Banerjee and the RLM on the warpath, nothing is expected to come up, at least for the first half of the week. As a precaution, the Government is likely to list the IRA only on Tuesday's agenda instead of Monday as promised. And it is considering introducing the Patents Bill in the Rajya Sabha first.

Another casualty will be the Standing Committee report on the repeal of the Urban Land Ceiling Act which is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament early next week.

Although the Lok Sabha Speaker has called a meeting of allparty leaders on Monday morning, political circles do not see a compromise emerging. The drama will have to play itself out before the warring parties agree to let Parliament get on with its business. As for the Women's Reservation Bill, it seems doomed unless the Government steels itself to move the draft legislation come what may.

Yesterday's unseemly incident in the Lok Sabha when Banerjee collared a Samajwadi Party member, Daroga Prasad Saroj, in the well of the House has toughened the resolve of rival parties for and against the Women's Bill.The RLM has threatened to stall Parliament from Monday unless the ``strictest possible action'' is taken against Banerjee for her ``unparliamentary behaviour''. Banerjee, on the other hand, has warned the Government that she will not allow any legislative business unless the Women's Bill is moved first. Banerjee, who left for Calcutta today, is believed to have made her position clear to the Government before leaving. As many as 44 bills are waiting to be passed byParliament.