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"All BJP MPs have been told to cancel all programmes till December 24 and stay in Delhi in case the bill is not passed by the Rajya Sabha on December 18," party spokesman V K Malhotra told reporters after a parliamentary party meeting.
Speaking at a meeting of the MPs, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan told members that the possibility of a joint session appeared to be very much on the cards, Malhotra said.
Union Home Minister L K Advani, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Prime Minister A B Vajpayee, said the government has already held discussions with chief ministers, opposition parties as well as National Democratic Alliance constituents on the bill and accepted their suggestions.
Advani said the proposed legislation was in keeping with the United Nations resolution that governments take steps to curb terrorism and it assumed importance in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
Referring to Tuesday's parliamentary proceedings, Malhotra described it as a 'black day' with both Houses being adjourned over a CAG report on purchase of coffins for Kargil martyrs.
"The anti-terrorism resolution was ripped into bits with the members rushing into the well of the House and surrounding the Speaker's chair," he said.
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