President Pranab Mukherjee today suggested that parliamentarians should explore possibilities of amending rules to ensure that both houses are able to transact routine business.

His remarks are significant against the backdrop of parliamentary proceedings being paralysed regularly in the recent past. Mr.Mukherjee also suggested that department related committees of Parliament undertake post approval scrutiny of budgetary allocations, made to the various ministries.

Speaking at a function in Lucknow, he said, the collective thinking of political establishment would be able to explore the possibility of amending rules. Mr. Mukherjee said that Parliament should devote more time to discussing legislations especially those related to finance.

The President said, democracy and development must be seen as two sides of the same coin and the one is not sustainable without the other.

He added that democratic politics must ensure inclusive development of all sections of society, especially woman and minorities that are historically discriminated, the socially backward and the economically unprivileged class.