Prime Minister Manmohan Singh surprised his detractors yesterday when he hit out at the Opposition for their behaviour in Parliament, which, in his own words, is ‘the supreme body in the country.’

Not many will disagree that some of the conduct displayed especially over the last few weeks has been nothing short of disgraceful. No, politicians have not thrown chairs at each other, but as Singh pointed out, it has not been allowed “to function session after session.”