Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged Opposition parties to cooperate in helping Parliament run smoothly during the Monsoon Session, which starts on Wednesday, PTI reported. Modi chaired an all-party meeting ahead of the session.

“The prime minister today sought the cooperation of all political parties for the smooth functioning of Parliament and a productive session,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said after the meeting. “People expect Parliament to function and we all should ensure that.”

The government claimed that the Opposition parties had assured it that they would allow the session to run smoothly.

During the previous session of the Parliament, the Budget Session, the Lok Sabha lost nearly 128 hours to “interruptions and forced adjournments”. Only 34 hours of sittings took place. The second tranche of the Budget Session, which concluded on April 6, saw proceedings being washed out each day amid uproar from the Opposition for various reasons.

The Budget Session was the least productive since 2000 in terms of the time spent in session, according to PRS Legislative Research.

Last week, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan also wrote to members, asking them to avoid the “cycle of interruptions” in the House by staging disruptions. The Monsoon Session will end on August 10.

Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has sought the support of Opposition parties to move a no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government in the Monsoon Session. The no-confidence motion attempted by his party in the Budget Session could not be debated due to adjournments.