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This is not new to the Indian Parliament. This sort of ruckus (and fist fights) often breakout in the Parliament. Gentlemen politicians are hard to find these days. But then India is not unique in this aspect. A couple of years ago, the MPs in the British parliament also got into fist fights (if I remember correct). They too have frequent walkouts and shouting matches. One solution may be to make sure anyone with criminal records is not eligible for elections, and further that they be able to at least read and write. Maybe thats what democracy is all about :) --Ram --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A heartwarming report from the house of the world's > greatest democracy: > > > > > 'Who's speaking? This is Parliament of India' > > IANS[ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2004 06:17:31 PM ] > > NEW DELHI: Disgust and anger were writ large on > their faces as they > trooped out of the visitors' gallery of the Lok > Sabha after > witnessing yet another ugly fracas in the lower > house of Parliament > Wednesday when MPs stalled proceedings. > > "I did not travel all the way to see this," said R > P Yadav, who had > come with a dozen people from his village, Sant > Bansti Nagar, in > Uttar Pradesh. > > "Nothing could be heard. They were shouting all > the time. People in > our village market behave better," Yadav, a trader, > said, referring > to the unruly scenes in the house. > > The bout of lung clearing by members of the > opposition and treasury > benches was triggered by a reference by the > opposition to the running > feud between two senior ministers -- Lalu Yadav and > Ram Vilas Paswan. > > All the pleas and threats by Speaker Somnath > Chatterjee as he sought > to restore some semblance of order went in vain. > > The angry gesticulations and diatribes changed to > slogan shouting > when a member referred to the drought-like situation > in many parts of > Rajasthan and the state government's failure to > tackle the situation. > > "This is becoming too much. It is a matter of > great sorrow... > unfortunate that we do not show the minimum patience > to see that this > house carry on with its work," the avuncular > Chatterjee said, raising > his voice above the all-round din. > > "Those who raise slogans will have to face > consequences," he warned > as the shouting continued. > > "This is the parliament of India. This can't go > on," Chatterjee > announced in exasperation to no avail. > > "The whole country is watching us, including boys > and girls," he > said during a lull that hardly lasted a few moments. > > "Who is speaking?" Chatterjee demanded as another > round of storm > brewed. "If you have courage, stand up," he > challenged. > > > "I am requesting you with folded hands (to maintain > order). The > entire country is seeing how we are behaving," the > speaker added. > > "Unruly elements," he muttered. > > "It was shameful," said a 30ish woman in a grey > salwar-kameez, > agreeing wholeheartedly with the speaker as she came > out of the > visitors' gallery. > > "They should behave in a more civilized way," she > said. > > Her name? "I can't give you my name because my > father is a member," > she said as she breezed down the staircase but > promised to have a > serious discussion with him. > > Said Sanjiv Babbar from Delhi: "This is not what > we expect from our > MPs. They should learn to conduct debates in a > civilized manner." > > Mitiliesh Kumar, a college teacher from Jharkhand, > could not agree > more. "It is a useless waste of time. You have to > see to believe how > indisciplined they are. > > "There are many ways to raise an issue. They > behave like street > urchins," he said in disgust. > > According to a reliable estimate, every lost hour > of business in > parliament costs the nation over Rs 800,000. > > On Wednesday, the people's representatives did not > appear to be > unduly worried about that.> _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
