Parliament turns sixty --- Age to retire or???

The supreme legislative body in India -- our parliament turns sixty... The first thought in my mind on knowing this was --"Oh! Why doesn’t it get retired now?” And I am sure this question must have hit the buzzers in many more minds...Well Parliament is the heart of our democracy... We the people elect our representatives to accomplish our social goals via parliament... This is the institution having potentials to convert the public sentiments into public policy... What has then caused "we" the people associate our parliament with a Negative image always???

When you hear the word parliament, the first word which pops up in your mind is -- a chaotic body!!! The scenes of members standing on their feet and shouting at each other are a routine to Indian Parliament sessions... Genius in our today's parliament is one who can shout and disrupt the parliament and not the one with dignity, grace and policymaking abilities. Rushing of M.Ps and MLAs in the area in front of speaker’s podium to make their voice dominant, showing placards, waking out by opposition parties, boycotts are the commonly and frequently seen in our parliament proceedings...  The lifeline of our democracy is so dead and still we proclaim ourselves as largest democracy???

How long are we going to respond blindly to this issue? Because of present scenario most of the time is wasted in futile shouting. The important bills are passed without proper debates. Image of our parliament that we present to the world is like a refuge of scoundrels… But the biggest question here remains the same—How long???

Each hour of the parliamentary session costs about ten lakh rupees and if this is multiplied by the number of hours wasted by the parties, the amount runs into crores. These are huge losses which a developing country like India cannot afford!!! Moreover our politicians need to realize that paralyzing the proceedings of parliament cannot solve any problem. It only decreases the credibility of Parliament. For India to be largest democracy it is not enough to conduct elections periodically but the institute formed as a result of these elections must function properly with its decorum.


It’s not that our parliament doesn’t deserve any respect. Mind you, this is the institution which abolished untouchability and dowry system from free India. This institution provided you with Right to Information and Right to Education. And the list goes long… But the only thing is there’s a scope; Scope of improvement and scope of making it the ‘Best’. So let’s give it a try and make the golden bird’s heart strong enough to support the whole body with complete brio.


It now depends on our politician how they want “we” the citizens to see parliament as – An old institution better destined to retire Or a mature and experienced institution with potentials to strengthen the nation even more…