It appears that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants an opposition-free Parliament in India. This week, in an unprecedented move, over 140 opposition MPs from both Houses of Parliament were suspended for the rest of the winter session for “disrupting” the proceedings.
The standoff was over demands by the opposition that Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement on the recent security breach in the Lok Sabha, where two people managed to jump from the gallery and spray coloured smoke into the air.
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The standoff was over demands by the opposition that Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement on the recent security breach in the Lok Sabha, where two people managed to jump from the gallery and spray coloured smoke into the air.
Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/india-parliament-logjam-bjps-power-play-raises-concerns-1.100061441
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00:00Parliament witnessed unprecedented scenes this week with over 140 members of parliament
00:09from opposition parties being suspended from both houses.
00:13This is because they were protesting demanding that Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement
00:17about the recent security breach in the Lok Sabha.
00:20Instead, they were suspended from the house and the Home Minister refused to make a statement
00:25on the same.
00:26Now, what this reflects in one instance is gross abuse of parliamentary power.
00:32These MPs did not deserve to be suspended from the house for demanding a statement from
00:37the Home Minister, even if they were protesting.
00:40Protest is also a part of democracy and democratic processes.
00:44It also reflects how parliament as an institution has steadily eroded over the last few years
00:49with fewer discussions and debates on bills, fewer scrutiny of bills that are sent to standing
00:54committees and in general, parliament sessions themselves have become much shorter.
00:59The discourse politically between the government and the opposition has also become far more
01:04bitter.
01:05And what actually made things even worse this week was the fact that parliament passed some
01:10crucial bills without the opposition present in the house, including a new criminal code
01:15law which has far-reaching implications for the entire country.
01:19At the end of the day, parliament as an institution has been undermined and we have to deflect
01:25whether it is still the temple of democracy.