New Delhi, Dec. 1 -- Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, CP Radhakrishnan, on Monday said that citizens look upto the parliament to guide the nation.

Thanking members, who felicitated him for presiding over the proceedings of the House for the first time since his election as Chairman in September, Radhakrishnan, said that a person can rise from the humblest beginning to high positions in public life only in a democracy.

"Citizens look up to the parliament, the highest forum of wisdom and collective judgment to guide the nation. Great Tamil saintly poet Thiruvalluvar teaches us: speak only words that are useful and meaningful, and avoid those that do not serve the interest of society," the Chairman said.

"As mentioned by many memb...