Peoples’ (Mis)representatives’

The ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament has so far  been  a washout,  with no business being transacted due to the disruptive tactics of the opposition parties. Nothing  but  imbroglio,  the  session  is  most   likely  to  be  a  naught,  a  total  logjam, The august  house which  has seen  stalwarts, selfless  patriots  and  statesmen  of  worth,  resembles  a  noisy grocery market, with  charges and counter charges being  hurled  from both the Treasury and Opposition benches.

The indecent, indignant  behaviour lowers the decorum of the house manifold. The Members of Parliament are indulging  in  literal  verbal  cannonade  on  the  floor of the house and  their conduct   is  rather  maladroit.

This unprecedented mayhem let loose on the well of the Parliament House by the “ respected, dignified  members of Parliament “  makes  a mockery of democracy and a betrayal of  trust  reposed  by the  citizens of this country on them. Seeing their audacious behaviour irritates and  angers the  common man.  Making  colossal waste of public money running to crores unabashedly, without a sense of responsibility and guilt  cannot  be  pardoned  by  any measure of  saner thinking.

Adding fuel to the fire is the demand by  the  MPs’ for increasing their salaries, when they already enjoy a host of perquisites and privileges. This  is  wholly  untenable  and  unjustified.  Is   it  a  bonus  for  their detestable  conduct?  

Congress, the  main opposition party takes extra pride in gloating over  the  disruption  of  the  proceedings, when  they  had  raised  a hue  and  cry  over  similar disruptive practice  resorted  to   by  the BJP led NDA, when  UPA  was  in  power. At  that   juncture, they had advocated observance of decency,  gave  sermons  on  upholding the dignity of the house. They had derided, denounced the then opposition members in strong terms, when they are unleashing pandemonium at  free will presently.  Can  there  be  a  better  example  of double  standard  in  letter  and  action  by  the  Congress?

If  the  grand  old  party  of  India  and  the  other  opposition  parties had  allowed  the  house  to  function  and  cornered  the  Government on vital issues through healthy discussions, then it could  have  been  a  turnaround  for  them  in  public  domain. But they do not practice what they preached to the BJP led NDA opposition,  while  occupying  the  reins  of  power.

To  sum up, Parliament is the highest temple of our democracy, which should witness healthy deliberations, constructive debates towards fostering the interests of the country and  the  wellbeing  of its  people. To obstruct its functioning is a sin ( whoever does it  ) against the nation and its subjects, which does not go well in the eyes of the masses, whose pent up anger will boomerang against them and will echo with virulent force in the ballot boxes.

Jai Hind.

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