Can you respect a parliament which does not respect itself?

GN Bureau | December 30, 2011



The much-anticipated Rajya Sabha session ended at midnight on Thursday without a vote on the Lokpal Bill. The Trinamool Congress called the adjournment "orchestrated chaos", almost echoing the opposition view that it was "choreographed drama". And all through this chaos, a sense of the house was nowhere to be found.

The abrupt manner in which the house was adjourned made the allies and opposition cry hoarse alike. While RJD’s Rajneeti Prasad attempted to tear the bill, the government beat a hasty and furtive retreat towards adjournment of the house. 

While there have been concerns that Anna Hazare’s campaign against corruption is undermining parliament, we seriously need to ask again: can you respect a parliament which does not respect itself? 

 

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