Having completed the routine of the oath taking, the elected members of the Indian parliament met to elect the speaker of the house yesterday. The parliament commences its proceedings today.
Let me send this flower bunch from our garden to all the members of the parliament with good wishes to remain as the voice of people in the parliament.
In the address to the parliament, the Prime Minister and the speaker did not appear to be cordial enough to the opposition party members. This was a disturbing scene. The government is a coalition formation, which should actually make the government more open to negotiate. But that was not evident.
The Leader of the Opposition parties made a speech with composure which had content, clarity and conciliatory tone.
The newspapers suggested that the government is weak in its stamina to engage unemployment, price rise, and to make the national entrance tests to professional courses corruption free.
Is it a new beginning with renewed enthusiasm and commitment or a continuation of the past with a myopic optic!
The democracy is a governance process by the people, for the people and of the people. This to me is a lip service. The partisan view is domino. In our context the partisan view is heavily loaded with a religious connotation of majoritarianism.
The restraint for that to be the norm would come from the opposition parties, who have a good representation in the parliament in the 18th Loka Sabha.
The constitution of Indian Republic in its preamble starts with the phrase, 'We the people of India...'. I wish that the members of the parliament, elected by the people of India, would engage in parliament with a desire to bring better prospects for the people of India!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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