New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- NDA MPs on Tuesday stepped up their attack on the opposition, accusing it of deliberately disrupting Parliament proceedings and avoiding a discussion on issues that the government has agreed to take up in the House.

Union Minister and Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel said the opposition was not ready to listen and was instead focused on creating disruptions in Parliament.

"Opposition is not ready to listen. They are avoiding discussion. Their only aim is to disrupt Parliament proceedings," Patel said while speaking to reporters during a protest by NDA MPs in the Parliament complex.

Patel said the government had repeatedly maintained that it was ready for a discussion in the House. She pointed to the government's...