Let’s hope for working lok sabha under Modi

no government would want to run Lok Sabha like the present one

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Today Times of India has summed up sessions of last five years of fifteenth lok sabha  in one line “ LOST SABHA: ALL DIN, LITTLE DONE”  This one line is sufficient to paint what types of commotion, ruckus, uproar, acquisition, allegation and counter allegation witnessed the current lok sabha during its tenure since 2009. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi had attended only 42 percent of lok sabha sittings 5 percent less than his mother Sonia Gandhi who attended 47 percent of sittings. On the other side BJP veteran L K Advani, to whom Basudev Acharya rightly called yesterday as father of lok sabha, attended 96 percent of sittings along with leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj who also attended 94 percent of sittings. This shows the seriousness of leadership of ruling and principal opposition parties.  

In my last writing I had narrated how Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was distributing chewing gum to his fellow young MPs when house was discussing crucial Telangana bill amid ruckus and slogan shouting by acrimonious MPs. This shows the apathy and disrespect of Rahul Gandhi towards the parliament and its practices by virtue of which he has been enjoying the privileges of VVIP culture. UPA government in its second innings was marked by mega scam, so commotion and slogan shouting by opposition benches is logical but raising slogans against its own party by MPs of ruling party is bizarre. 

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Sessions of fifteenth lok sabha were unique in many ways. First time a pepper spray was used to show anger against party leader by a rich and affluent MP from Seemandhra region. 79 percent of scheduled time lost in lok sabha due to disruptions by MPs. First time a black out in lok sabha TV was ordered to withheld the scenes of ruckus and hooliganism from the preview of commoners. That too when government of the day claims to have opened the door of information related to its activities. Similarly 73 percent of scheduled time was lost in elder’s house. Out going speaker Meira Kumar had given much emphasis to run the question hour in lok sabha but to her dismay only 11 percent of scheduled time for question hour was used. Further analysis of working of people house would bring more shady and black results. I’m sure, no honest and country loving member would love to remember this session of lok sabha.

Annoyed and confused Congress may use ordinance route to fulfill Rahul Gandhi wish. He had pushed for seven anti corruption bill which were pending in parliament recently to tackle challenges posed by Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party. Seeing the failure of social sector scheme in recently held assembly elections planners of Congress have changed strategy to fight coming lok sabha election. Crusade against corruption is the new mantra for Congress candidates.