Suspension of seven Congress MPs for ‘gross misconduct’ in Lok Sabha is justified. Their desperate, unruly behaviour didn’t help the cause at all. The government must also take the blame for the four-day standoff in Parliament. Its refusal to hold a debate on Delhi communal riots until Holi is inexcusable.
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Our legislatures, in Delhi and the state capitals, are not a nuns’ convent, with prim, orderly behaviour. Call it the raw flavours and colours of a nascent but very vibrant, lively democracy. Recall Arun Jaitley’s immortal words that disruption of proceedings is a legitimate parliamentary tactic. Entire sessions being washed away on the demand for a JPC or the sacking of a wayward minister. 2. Delhi 2020 is a more serious matter, which deserves to be urgently debated. One has heard of a steak being rested for a few minutes after coming out of the oven. Not of FIRs being deferred to a more conducive time. Or debates being pushed back till memories of pain and loss have begun to fade. Parliament – and through it the nation – deserves an honest rendering of accounts for this great human tragedy.
Our legislatures, in Delhi and the state capitals, are not a nuns’ convent, with prim, orderly behaviour. Call it the raw flavours and colours of a nascent but very vibrant, lively democracy. Recall Arun Jaitley’s immortal words that disruption of proceedings is a legitimate parliamentary tactic. Entire sessions being washed away on the demand for a JPC or the sacking of a wayward minister. 2. Delhi 2020 is a more serious matter, which deserves to be urgently debated. One has heard of a steak being rested for a few minutes after coming out of the oven. Not of FIRs being deferred to a more conducive time. Or debates being pushed back till memories of pain and loss have begun to fade. Parliament – and through it the nation – deserves an honest rendering of accounts for this great human tragedy.
Our legislatures, in Delhi and the state capitals, are not a nuns’ convent, with prim, orderly behaviour. Call it the raw flavours and colours of a nascent but very vibrant, lively democracy. Recall Arun Jaitley’s immortal words that disruption of proceedings is a legitimate parliamentary tactic. Entire sessions being washed away on the demand for a JPC or the sacking of a wayward minister. 2. Delhi 2020 is a more serious matter, which deserves to be urgently debated. One has heard of a steak being rested for a few minutes after coming out of the oven. Not of FIRs being deferred to a more conducive time. Or debates being pushed back till memories of pain and loss have begun to fade. Parliament – and through it the nation – deserves an honest rendering of accounts for this great human tragedy.