New Delhi: Government and the Opposition today (Aug 24, 2004) agreed on the passage of this year's General Budget and the Finance Bill without any discussion in Parliament in view of the impasse over NDA's (National Democratic Alliance) demand for removal of "tainted" Ministers. "The Opposition has ultimately agreed to cooperate in the passage of the Financial Bill and the General Budget (2004-05) without any discussion," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters in New Delhi after he had separate meetings with Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee and the Leader of Opposition L K Advani and other NDA leaders.