“Rampaging MLAs bring Uttar Pradesh Assembly down”
“46 MLAs in Andhra Pradesh assembly were suspended for a day for disrupting house proceedings.”
We witnessed two such incidents in a line. The MLAs were seen throwing microphones and paper balls, waving black flags and shouting at the Governor in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. And the Andhra Assembly wasn’t a pretty sight either.
It is indeed disheartening to see this. We the Law Makers should not break the law. I thoroughly condemn the act.
Assemblies are a forum for discussions meant for the betterment of all. It doesn’t matter to which party one belongs, whether it’s the opposition or the ruling party. The house, the Speaker and all the members of the assembly cannot and should not be disrespected in any manner.
The plain simple meaning of democracy is that WE AGREE TO DISAGREE. But that does not allow us to show ‘through extreme means’ that we disagree.
I want your opinion. What should be done to improve or make democracy more meaningful and serious?
Regards,
Sanjay Nirupam.
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Sanjay Sir
ReplyDeleteI truly agree with your article.If we have few more politician like you who truly understand the true meaning of democracy than our dream to become superpower is not far.
I wish you good luck and i am sure few more like you and we are on our way to success..
Thankyou
Ricky Warang (Facebook)
hi sanjaybhai...
ReplyDeletea very well penned article.. these thoughts should reach each and every soul in the country..
democracy has to be made meaningful and serious from the grass root level. during british rule the whole nation fought against the britishers united.. now after 60 yrs of independence divisional politics is going on everywhere in the nation. People attack and vandalise public places every now and then for no reason at all. to oppose something there has to be a proper way...rather than turning to violence.. vote bank politics will harm the nation big time.. this has to be thought of and solved as soon as poosible.
thanks
Dr Rikin.
Dear Sanjay
ReplyDeleteWe’ll love to preach but do we practice it. Which political party in India is true to its salt? Everybody want his/her 5 sec of fame since you and your fellow colleagues represent us the common man, I want to know from you want action you would take. We can give you countless ideas to deal with such clowns, but sine you are where the action is I would like to know what you would do to stop this from happening again.
Democracy is good for all not for monkeys.
Kenneth
Dear Mr. Nirupam,
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree with your view that democracy means healthy debate & not violence. But the issue is that who to trust? Earlier the image of politicians in our country was of respect, now we cannot look upto anybody. Today politics is played on the basis of vote bank politics. Today me being a Sindhi whose family left everything across the border (which was then 'India') feels scared of not even retaining my identity, my name. A shop in Mulund named after a prominent neighbouring city was not named so, it was named 100 years ago & retained by future generations carrying out the same business of their pre-decessors. But were told to remove the name as it 'resembles' the name of the city. Sindhi's from Hyderabad Sind, Larkana have built Educational Institutions, Hospitals, etc in Mumbai. Tomorrow will Muslims be told not to retain the green colour as a symbol of Islam as it is similar to the flag of the neighbour? Or will the Indian flag be changed because it has the same colour? It is refreshing to see politicians like you taking an opportunity to know what the people perceive & anticipate from the people who run the country. Violence is not a solution, and so is votebank politics. We have issues like poverty, slums which are mushrooming because of votebanks and even you party is playing to the galleries. Sorry for diverting the issue but all i wanted to say is that what you are starting here will benefit our society in the long run. There is still hope!
Regards,
Anil
There are two things..
ReplyDeleteOne is...WHY OUR VERY OWN INDIAN MEDIA ALWAYS KEEN TO SHOW HOW MUCH AND MORE CORRUPT WE ARE..THEY NEVER SHOW THE GOOD SIDE...LIKE THIS...PEOPLE LIKE YOU CREATING FORUM TO DISCUSS...MAY BE THATS AGAINST THIER POLICY...THEY SHOULD SHOW THE BETTER SIDE OF BEING AN INDIAN, sirf bolne se nahi hoga..kerna hoga
Second is...there must be strict rules for discussion..u know I dont understand in india a five-year-old girl was beaten up by the police in UP just because she allegedly stole Rs 280,WHO IS GOING TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THESE PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE ETHICS FOR DISCUSSION...MY SUGESSTION IS CANCEL THEIR RIGHT TO ENTER THESE FORUMS and file case against them.
A BIG Thanks to Sanjay Sir for creating this.
I may sound bit myopic about the Indian politics but incidents happening around but the fact remains that experience has taught Indians not to be optimistic about the political situation of the country. It is grievous and a serious point of concern. The problem with the majority of politicians in our country is that they themselves forget the delimits of democracy and are often caught with offence of misconduct in the house. This is because they are less virtuous and paced to lead a sumptuous life out of politics.
ReplyDeleteThe political leadership remains deeply venal and inept. Corruption has become an epidemic. Apparently voters thing they did the smartest thing they could poddibly do voting out corrupt and inefficient politician, even if it meant voting for a eqally bad contestant. Truth remains that the majority of us are actually unable to distinguish the good from the bad or one party manifesto from the other.
It is mildly disdainful to assume that since much of the much of the electorate are unschooled and illeterate, they are automatically incapable of grasping the intricasies of politics.
It is highly appreciable to see you deeply concern about it and hope to see a better political system forthwith.
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ReplyDeleteI may sound bit myopic about the Indian politics but the fact remains that experience has taught Indians not to be optimistic about the political situation of the country. It is grievous and a serious point of concern. The problem with the majority of politicians in our country is that they themselves forget the delimits of democracy and are often caught with offence of misconduct in the house. This is because they are less virtuous and doubly paced to lead a sumptuous life out of politics.
The political leadership remains deeply venal and inept. Corruption has become an epidemic. Apparently voters think they did the smartest thing they could possibly do voting out corrupt and inefficient politician, even if it meant voting for a equally bad contestant. Truth remains that the majority of us are actually unable to distinguish the good from the bad or one party manifesto from the other.
It is mildly disdainful to assume that since much of the electorate are unschooled and illeterate, they are automatically incapable of grasping the intricasies of politics.
It is highly appreciable to see you deeply concern about it and hope to see a better political system forthwith.
Sanjay,
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you. Sitting in Dubai currently, I am sickened about where is our beloved country heading. I was aghast when all the top news channels prominently displayed this behaviour at prime time.
This is perhaps one of the many instances when such behaviour can be deemed "unparliamentary". Except for a handful of gentlemanly politicians, including Dr. Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee, all politicians are uncouth, illiterate clowns who know they are above law - they can get away with anything.
Is there a disciplinary body or accountability commission that they can listen to?
A governor is a representative of the President and throwing rubbish at the governor amounts to disrespecting the President herself.
But this is our independence and our independence dictates that:-
- We can jump on legislature benches like monkeys and disrespect the governor. What stops the government from taking action against them?
- We can drag women by the hair out of pubs and not one politician, except Renuka Chowdhury, can openly protest against them. Why can't the Centre not ban the Sri Ram Sene if the Yeduriappa government has proved to be so ineffective?
- We can decide who stays in our city and throw out North Indians if they don't belong to Mumbai. However, we retreat into a rat-hole when Pakistani terrorists attack our beloved city. Why is the Congress scared of banning the MNS?
- We can openly declare to build the Ram Temple when the "Sitas" in the country are being molested, slapped raped, burned for dowry, and killed. Where are the laws that protect women?
Talking about such issues is one thing and getting down to brass tacks and doing it is another.
Certainly, our country does not need Pakistan to destroy us when our politicians are doing Pakistan's job for them.
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