DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT

Since I was not feeling well, I spent the time by looking at the live telecast of Parliament – both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on 26 August 2011.

First of all I felt, why all these legislators – eminent and non-eminent people are feeling very bad about what is going on in the country as far as the corruption is concerned.

Everyone in the country from the poor to the rich knows fully well that there is corruption in every walk of life in India.

Admission to schools and colleges, passing examinations, getting a job, getting a transfer and helping inefficient friends and relatives are being done by bribing or recommendations.

Every one of us knows about it.

Then why we need to waste the precious time of the Parliament repeating the things which everyone knows?

Still I try to reason out some of the speeches by the Parliamentarians listing out the areas where the corruptions are rampant.

Also they tried to define corruption which includes even influencing others to get a better deal and creating a loss of money to the government etc.

I laughed at those arguments by the Parliamentarians.

The irony is that the corrupt (one way or other) was talking vehemently against corruption!

The elected members as they claim do not attend the Parliament and take part in the important bills discussed.

The fight each other like cats and dogs to stall the Parliament proceedings.

How can we tolerate such action within the Parliament in the name of democracy?

The only aim of the opposition party is to find fault with the ruling party and vice versa.

Holding the ruling party to ransom will not help the people of India – the voters – in any way.

Escaping in the name of democracy will not go for long.

There were a large number of people in the street to protest not the autocracy but the democracy itself.

I feel it is high time to realize for the government, teachers, lawyers, doctors, businessmen, politicians – and everyone to do their duty properly for which they are paid a salary.

If it not realized now, it is going to be a hard time for all these people in the future.

Let the philosophy of Anna Hazare prevail and we all learn a lesson of fundamental discipline from it.