On a day Narendra Modi dubbed the communal violence bill as a "recipe for disaster", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said government will try to evolve a broadbased consensus on issues which are of "great" legislative importance.

In Parliament today, the BJP and the SP disrupted the session over the Communal Violence Bill. Both houses were adjourned for the day.

The Prime Minister said the government seeks the cooperation of all segments of Parliament to ensure smooth passage of the legislations.

While the BJP has voiced strong reservations against the communal violence bill, Samajwadi Party has threatened to disrupt Parliament if controversial bills like the one on Women's Reservation are taken up.

"It will be our effort to evolve a broadbased consensus on all the matters which are of great legislative importance," Singh told reporters outside Parliament House.

He was asked to comment on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate's opposition to the communal violence bill. The bill, which aims at protecting minorities from targeted attacks, is not on the government's agenda of legislative business to be transacted in the Winter session which began today.