Pawan Kumar Bansal saddened over disruptions in Parliament

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is immensely saddened over the repeated disruptions in Parliament, but steered clear of Digvijay Singh's statement that Marshals be used to ensure its smooth functioning.

"I cannot comment on it. It is the prerogative of the Presiding Officers...But, I am immensely saddened by the day in and day out disruption of Parliament", Bansal said when asked to comment on the Congress General Secretary's remark.

Singh's tweet earlier said that it was "high time" Marshals were used in Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning.

"Another day wasted in Parliament. It hasn't used Institution of Marshals in Parliament since 2004 to make it function. High time they did!" Singh remarked on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

It came on a day when the first week of Winter Session was completely washed out due to frequent interruptions on a variety of issues ranging from price rise and corruption to FDI in retail.