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Gaurav

Gaurav — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent write up..You covered everything necessary here in your article. Its really sad to see our parliamentarians fighting like kids. They are wasting valuable time and resources of the country.

Chintan

Chintan — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I would name it fish market than boxing ring because in Indian parliament no one wins and everyone sells his or her talent to shout and get maximum perks from the government of India in return for shouting like hell.

Salil

Salil — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

These MPs are spending tax payers’ money like anything. Either stop this nonsense happening in parliament or shut down the parliament forever.

Yash

Yash — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We need parliamentarain like JL Nehru, Rajendra Prasad, Ambedkar but we have Pappu Yadav, Shahabuddin, Anand Mohan Singh in Parliament. this is why it has become a fish market.

Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent writeup, Philem.

I just cant agree with you more.

Pratyush

Pratyush — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

When Indian parliamentarians are not showing any responsibility to save government’s expenditure how can people sitting in north block and south block expect from taxpayers not to hide their original income figure year after year. There are 28 states and seven Union Territories in India, so we can have (28+7)x2=70 representatives in parliament (US pattern-senate). No need to choose 545 individuals (criminals, less-educated persons, Industrialists and few intellectuals) to decide the fate of the country. Seventy well-educated individuals can better handle the whole administration. State legislatives are there to take care of the interests of the states. Parliament of India is in urgent need of downsizing and cost-cutting. There is no need to feed 552 persons in Lok Sabha and 245 persons in Rajya Sabha for no purpose. We will have to think it seriously.

Hemant

Hemant — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Good analysis, we need more such articles here..

Arefa

Arefa — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

MPs are enemy of democracy in India. They are working hard to demolish its structure in India.

Arefa

Arefa — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

US pattern of the face of parliament is good. Lok sabha should be replaced by house like senate but called as lower house..and scrap Rajya Sabha.

Sukhbahar

Sukhbahar — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Well said..Fish market, I am laughing badly :-)

Prasad

Prasad — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Its not boxing ring but I suggest to make it a boxing ring and give every MP a Boxing gloves. Speaker would work as referee, Somnath dada is too old for this job so, its better to assign the job to people like Sachin Pilot or Murli Deora, rahul baba won’t be a bad choice in fact.

Sonu

Sonu — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You anti-feminist people, if you would make parliament a boxing ring it should be in two parts. make a separate ring for women because women are going to get 33% reservations in parliament.

Vikas

Vikas — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

admirable words,atleat in boxing ring some rules are followed but here no rules.

Suryasnata

Suryasnata — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

How can the world consider India as ‘the largest democracy’ when parliamentary institutions appear dysfunctional and parliamentarians non-responsible like this?

Lalit

Lalit — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

See what Somnath Chatterjee said on Feb 29 this year - “MPs raising slogans in the Lok Sabha are working overtime to finish democracy in this country”. ITS A SHAME.

Yash

Yash — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Somnath da is correct. I was ashamed when I watched the rowdy drama of MPs in parliament, I abused them and changed the channel.

Brajesh

Brajesh — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

On Budget day, Millions of Indians and people in foreign countries viewed live on television how badly MPs were disrupting the house business and how speaker of the house lamented them. It was disgusting and we call them our representatives?

Suryasnata

Suryasnata — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

It is high time to discipline politicians too in the country.

Gibson

Gibson — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Just consider MPs’ performance in parliament and in their constituencies before giving any kind of salary hike to them. They are non-performers and getting best of payment and other perks in the country.

Bin

Bin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Lok Sabha Speaker’s remarks against MPs in House gives judiciary a perfect platform to take suo motu cognisance and take the matter in its hands. Politicians do not want judicial interfere because they know it better they will get no support from any side.

Arefa

Arefa — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

@ Philem, let me give you the correct figure - Every minute of parliament proceedings costs Rs 34,500 (Rs 2.07 million an hour). In the last monsoon session, the Lok Sabha lost 42 hrs of work and and the Rajya Sabha 41 hours.

Gibson

Gibson — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, this is absolutely shameful and Vandalism has become character of Indian politicians and they doing it both inside or outside the parliament. Every MP behaves like he is a king of his own constituency.

Prabhunarayan

Prabhunarayan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I still remember open fight between two MPs from Bihar - Sadhu Yadav and Prabhunath Singh. Such leaders are killers of democracy in India.