New Delhi
 Presiding over his last session as chairman of the Rajya Sabha, M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged MPs to be  different and better  than they were in the last five years when 57 per cent of House sittings were partly or fully disrupted. On the opening day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, he said this is the last session in the 75th year of Independence and MPs should give their best performance to make it a memorable session. Naidu’s five-year term as vice president of India and chairman of the Rajya Sabha ends on August 10.  During the last 13 sessions, 141 of the 248 scheduled full sittings, accounting for 57 per cent of the total sittings were disrupted partly or fully,  he said.  All of you would agree that this could have been better given our mission for the nation. Better late than never. It is time now to be different and better.  Naidu, whose remarks were disrupted by slogan shouting by Congress MPs seeking discussions on rising prices, said he would give a detailed account of the functioning of the Rajya Sabha during the last five years on his last day in office.  I would like to remind all of you that this is the last session in the 75th year of our hard-fought Independence that is being celebrated across the country.  As in the case of all the last 13 sessions that I presided over, I would like to fervently appeal to all of you to give out your best performance to make this session a memorable one, particularly in the context of its significance,  he said.
