Naidu appealed for a broad consensus among political parties, rising above narrow point-scoring about achievements of one government over the other.
After 68 years of independence, genuine concerns agitating the minds should be addressed. Instead "we are scoring political points," he said.
"I dont want to score political points... This day, we have to ponder over where we are lagging, what are the shortcomings," he said calling for a dialogue and consensus between the opposition and government. "let us debate, discuss and decide."
He said if there is tolerance, Parliament can function.
The founding fathers of Constitution envisaged "uniformity of law both civil and criminal," he said, posing whether India was in "a position to work out a common law with regard to marriage, inheritance and divorce."
He went on to ask whether justice had been done to gender equality and said even when all parties are in favour of women's reservation, "why has it not happened."
"let us not be hypocritical," he said, adding that bringing an issue in the agenda is not important. "Unless there is consensus, it is difficult to go" ahead.
Naidu also said that the challenge was to bridge regional disparities.
Referring to NJAC, he said the Supreme Court had struck down a law passed by Parliament unanimously. "The House in collective wisdom passed it... Nowhere in the world, judges appoint themselves," he said, adding if the collegium system was fine, why are changes being sought in it.
Also, there were regional aspirations like having a bench of the Supreme Court in the South, he said, adding that some cases suddenly get priority but not the cases of common man.
