``I think my proposal will be taken in right spirit,'' he said winding up the discussion on the motion of thanks to the President's address in Rajya Sabha.

Vajpayee prefaced his remarks on Bhagwat saying now that Bihar issue was over there were attempts being made to rake up the Bhagwat issue.

"Hamne suna hai bhagwat puran padne ki taiyariyan horahi hai,''

he said amidst laughter in the house. In the Lok Sabha angry opposition members in Lok Sabha today sought immediate discussions on the sacking of Bhagwat and the charges levelled against the government by Mohan Guruswamy, former adviser to the Finance Minister YashwantSinha.

Raising the issue during zero hour, deputy leader of the Congress P Shivshankar said though Vajpayee had rejected the Guruswamy's charges accusing the Government of favouring certain industrial houses, the House must have a discussion.

Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda said that the issues relating to Guruswamy and Bhagwat must be discussed during the current session itself and time should be fixed.

Another former prime minister Chandra Shekhar requested the Speaker G M C Balayogi to constitute a committee of senior MPs from different political parties which, he suggested, should decide what could be discussed after perusing the papers related to the issues.

He was of the view that nothing would come out during the discussions except indulging in mud-slinging. ``We have less time and more business to dispose of,'' he remarked.

When Deve Gowda observed that even today government had not received the second set of Bofors papers, Chandra Shekhar said that he still maintained his stand thatthe matter should be investigated by a police inspector.

Chandra Shekhar said a wrong message should not go out that parliament was only meant for discussing issues related to corruption and nothing else.

Disagreeing with the former prime minister's suggestion, Congress member P J Kurien said parliament cannot ignore corruption charges. ``We want immediate discussions on both Bhagwat and Guruswamy issues,'' he demanded.

Responding to members, minister of state for parliamentary affairs Ram Naik said that the House proceedings should run strictly in accordance with the agenda finalised by the business advisory committee.

He realised the eagerness of the members to have debates on various matters but said it would not be proper to fix time and date for discussions in the House. This should be done by the business advisory committee, he said.