NEW DELHI: With Rajya Sabha becoming less and ess productive through requent disruptions, Chairman Hamid Ansari on Wednesday appealed to the elders to "introspect... (and) desist from approaches and practices that demean the stature" of the Upper House.

Before adjourning the House sine die, Ansari sought to remind the members how Rajya Sabha had solemnly committed itself to the principles and ideals of the Constitution on December 1 and said, "A functioning legislature is an essential concomitant of these principles; disruptions amount to their negation. The record of this session belies this commitment in good measure."

"This state of affairs is at times attributed by sections of opinion to lack of disciplinary control over the proceedings," he said, adding he "vehemence in language or behaviour resulting in obstruction of proceedings, apart from interruption and neglect of listed agenda" also resulted in violation of privileges of individual members themselves.