The Monsoon session of the Lok Sabha began on a stormy note on Monday with the Opposition creating a ruckus and preventing Prime Minister Narendra Modi from introducing the newly inducted Union ministers.

As the disruptions continued despite Speaker Om Birla's repeated pleas to maintain decorum, the House was adjourned after nearly 40 minutes till 2 pm.

Four newly elected members --- Maddila Gurumoorthy (YSR Congress), Mangal Suresh Angadi (BJP), M P Abdussamad Samadani (IUML), Vijayakumar (Congress) --- took oath as the House convened after a gap of nearly four months.

Following this, the Prime Minister stood up to introduce the newly inducted ministers who took oath on July 7 following a major rejig in the council of ministers.

As soon as Modi stood up, opposition members started shouting slogans and disrupted the proceedings.

On the other hand, Rajya Sabha proceedings on the opening day of the Monsoon session of Parliament were adjourned for an hour as a mark of respect for departed two sitting MPs Raghunath Mohapatra and Rajeev Satav.

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned the passing away of the two sitting MPs as well as 10 former members, including Bollywood veteran actor Dilip Kumar and legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh.

He read out obituary references for each of the 13 before adjourning the proceedings for an hour "as a mark of respect to memory of Raghunath Mohapatra and Rajeev Satav, sitting members of house, the house stands adjourned for one hour".

While nominated member Mohapatra died on May 9 at the age of 78 years, Congress leader Satav passed away on May 16 at the age of 46 years.

Earlier, the tone for the first day of the Monsoon session was set with Opposition parties meeting in the House to chalk out a joint strategy to take on the government, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged MPs and Opposition parties to ask ‘toughest’ questions in the Parliament asserting that the government should also be allowed to respond to them.

Congress MP Manish Tewari moved an adjournment motion on the issue of farmers' protest.

In his adjournment notice, Tewari said he seeks to discuss a definite matter of urgent importance, namely -- "in large numbers, farmers have come out against the three acts passed by the central government which threaten their livelihood".

The Farmers 'Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 have been opposed on the grounds that they will make the farmers vulnerable to exploitation by the corporate sector, Tewari said in his notice.

He alleged that the government has failed to assuage the concerns of the farmers or present any viable alternative to these acts.

"There is a palpable fear among the farmers that the Minimum Support Price will be dismantled and the role of state governments in APMCS will be affected.

"About 300 farmers have died while protesting against the unfair laws passed by the Centre. The matter is of urgent importance and I hereby request the permission to raise this issue," Tewari said in his notice.

CPI (M) MPs Elamaram Kareem and V Sivadasan have given adjournment notices under rule 267 for discussing the farmers' protest in Rajya Sabha.

CPI MP Binoy Viswam has also given an adjournment notice in Rajya Sabha on the Pegasus spying issue.

The activities of the Opposition did not seem to trouble Narendra Modi who on Tuesday said he wants meaningful discussions in Parliament over the Covid pandemic which has gripped the entire world.

Modi said he has urged all floor leaders to take some time out on Tuesday evening when he would like to give them detailed information on the pandemic.

"We want discussion inside Parliament as well as outside it with floor leaders on Covid pandemic," he said.

Modi said the government is ready to give the answers that the people of the country want.

"I urge all MPs and political parties to ask the sharpest and the toughest of questions but they should also allow the government to respond in a cordial environment as democracy is strengthened by conveying the truth to the people," Modi said.

“It increases the trust of the people and improves the pace of development,” he added.