that parliament had nurtured federal polity singh in his speech in rajya sabha also referred to frequent disruptions that is not to say that we should not reflect with concern on the repeated disruptions of proceedings and a regrettable unwillingness on occasion to engage in informed discussion in the same vein mukherjee said if we disrupt the house then it serves no purpose because we cannot hear we cannot speak and only a handful of members can completely throttle the desires of a majority i have done it my party might have done it many other parties have done it but let us solemnly affirm that we will find out a mechanism through which disruption should not be needed debate discussions and dissentions are always welcome but let us try to avoid disruptions while it is hard to assess how long the mood to introspect will last cpm leader sitaram yechury said in rajya sabha that during the last two decades parliament never sat for more than 100 days a year while british parliament on the other hand sits for at least 160 days a year we should seriously consider through a constitutional amendment if necessary making it mandatory for 100 sittings a year i think that is necessary as a corrective step for the future he said he said the closest the parliament sat for 100 days was in 1992 with 98 sittings bjps jaswant singh lamented in lok sabha that a resolution adopted on september 1 1997 is now part of the archives and a forgotten document singh said the 1997 resolution also dealt with issues like importance of question hour disruptions due to slogan shouting and interruptions he hoped that sundays resolution does not meet the same fate former deputy chairman of the upper house k rahman khan said while legislators were making laws they were breaking rules of parliament lets resolve we will not disrupt question hour he said and requested members not to troop to the well of the house taking mps down memory lane congress member rishang keishing who has the distinction of having been a member of the first lok sabha in 1952 urged members to follow the footsteps of national leaders minister of state for parliamentary affairs rajiv shukla said members must work towards removing two important aberrations frequent disruptions and absence of good debates in lok sabha dmks t k s elangovan said each member should take a pledge not to speak unless the microphone before him was on times view prime minister manmohan singh is absolutely right when he says that people are beginning to question the efficacy of an institution like parliament and there could be nothing more unfortunate for indian democracy heated debate in parliament is one thing it is indeed the very soul of such an institution but repeated adjournments boycotts and walkouts are a different matter altogether parliament exists to discuss the pressing issues facing the nation and to pass the laws needed