01/08/2022 - Polity

KEY POINTS

·        The refrain that standards of parliamentary functioning have taken a beating in recent years is not without merit.

·        In terms of the time spent on deliberating legislation, the conduct of fruitful debates, the quality of discussion, the reliance and participation of expert opinion.

·        Much of this deterioration is a consequence of representatives of political parties utilising Parliament more to showcase political spectacle than to use it as a forum for serious legislative functioning.

·        The officials in charge of maintaining decorum and order meanwhile have chosen to take punitive actions in suspending 27 MPs.

·        This has been exacerbated by the ruling party’s stance on Opposition requests for a debate on key issues such as price rise.

·        A revocation of the suspensions and dialogue will go a long way in mending relations.

·        As the farmers’ protests that raged on for more than a year showed, the lack of adequate parliamentary process in deliberating legislation of consequence can result in social conflict and a democratic deficit in outcomes.

·        There are enough tools, mechanisms, structures and precedents in India’s parliamentary history that can be relied upon by the current set of legislators to bring back useful deliberation.

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