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Forced parliamentary adjournments
S.S. Rissam12/28/2011 11:07:58 PM
The people of India got institution like Parliament which was created under Indian
Constitution and it symbolizes a democratic set up in our country. The Parliament was
considered by the makers of the constitution to become a platform where great minds will try in bringing social revolution in this tradition bound country. However today the situation has considerably changed from the time the makers of the constitution created this institution. Parliament which was a shining symbol of democracy is loosing its shine by every day adjournment motions which disrupt the parliamentary functioning. The current session of the Parliament was also paralyzed for many days because of the clash of the political ideologies on the issue of FDI in retail. Disruption of proceeding these days has become a habit for our parliamentarians as they resort to it every now and then. The saddest part is that every party involved in this disruption says that, "we don't want to disrupt the parliament but want justice for the citizens of this country". They forget what they say and what they do. The opposition in the Parliament has a role and a right to oppose any thing which they feel goes against the country. But things are different here as the parliamentarians forget about the country and start thinking about the effect of that particular issue on their party's future. At times, this disruption in the working of the Parliament is not because of the opposition only but also because of the allies of the ruling party. The same was witnessed in the issue relating to the FDI in which many UPA allies were not taken into consensus and they later revolted by not supporting the FDI in India.
A member of Parliament before taking his seat in the House has to take an oath which requires him to solemnly state," I will fully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter". The duty to perform also involves participation in the solemn work which the Constitution of India has entrusted to the Parliament. But we see that all of them have forgotten the oath they took as it is clearly witnessed with their actions. In this FDI debate nobody in the Parliament was trying to put in front what the ordinary citizen was feeling at that time. They all were busy in presenting either their personal views or their political ideologies. This all seemed foolish as they are the representatives of the people and they should have tried to put the things in right direction by showing, what the people of this country are feeling about FDI. The ruling government, on one side wanted to bring FDI in retail while opposition just wanted to oppose FDI by adjourning the Parliament. This practice did not help any citizen of this country. If the opposition truly wanted to show concern on FDI they should have tried to sort it within the parliament by engaging the ruling government on this issue. As we all should not forget that a single day disruption of the House for a day costs the public exchequer Rs 1.57 crore. Where does this money come from? This all is the money of the tax payers of this country and we cannot let this money be wasted just to satisfy their political ideologies.
Various views have been doing rounds in the country, some saying that FDI will harm India and some say it will favor the country. Frankly speaking, what ever is the impact of FDI on the country's economy should be debated. But we should not forget that such unfortunate actions on the part of the MPs in the parliament are also contributing to loss to the hard earned money of the tax payers.
Our politicians and ever ready debaters these days on TV channels are somewhere forgetting this aspect of loss caused to the economy. A certain positive approach by collective efforts has to be devised to bring normalcy in the working pattern of the parliament. These forced parliamentary adjournments are also contributing to the violation of the parliamentary duties. The smooth functioning of the parliament is responsibility of every individual MP who sits in the parliament and also of each party having presence in the house. Though it is not so difficult to devise a strategy to ensure peace in the parliament with more than 37 political parties but it can be easily achieved with some maturity, tact and wisdom. Hoping that in future the parliament functions smoothly and all the issues are discussed on the floor of the house with a due respect of the oath taken.
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