India, March 18 -- Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday gave a three-line reply to former prime minister HD Deve Gowda over his concerns about opposition disruptions in Parliament, saying his observations have been noted. She also extended greetings to Deve Gowda on the eve of Ugadi.

Deve Gowda wrote to Sonia Gandhi on Monday, saying he has been "greatly disturbed by a certain chaos" that has been "unthinkingly" introduced inside Parliament and in its larger premises, "primarily by the Opposition parties".

"I strongly feel that Congress parliamentarians, led by the Leader of Opposition, have provoked far too many disruptions inside Parliament and in its premises," the JD (S) Rajya Sabha MP said in the letter,...