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Agitations on streets are indicative of lack of faith in legislatures: VP Dhankar | India News
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MUMBAI: Addressing the closing ceremony of the 84th All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC) taking place in Mumbai on Sunday Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said that in the current scenario, debates (in legislatures) have been reduced to quarrels and said that disruption and disturbance (in the House) is no less than the Covid menace to democracy. Dhankar who is also the Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha said that lack of discipline and decorum in legislatures is of deep concern and the enormity of its decline is rendering legislatures irrelevant. Dhankhar said that agitations on streets are indicative of lack of faith in legislatures, adding that agitations are a byproduct of ‘our failure to make constitutional institutions dysfunctional’.
“It is unfortunate that incidents of indiscipline and unbecoming demeanor in our legislatures are on the rise and they are on the incremental trajectory to the pain of the people at large, whose public servants we all are here. This is an extremely disturbing situation and calls for greater introspection amongst all stakeholders to find a way out of it. The decline of this trend, of which we all are stakeholders, you are in drivers’ seat. The enormity of this decline is rendering legislatures irrelevant. The scenario at present is that debates have been reduced to quarrels. we are missing the debates, they are just not there. This is a very painful scenario. Emergence of this ecosystem is debilitating our parliamentary democracy … .the spectacle when someone engages in disruption and then all the more painful is they take pride in the disruption. How can we witness and countenance such kind of degeneration and respect such unbecoming conduct,” Dhankhar said in his speech.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said that such deliberations are extremely useful and provide a platform for sharing best parliamentary practices that can help in effective functioning of the legislature. “There is much to learn from the various state legislatures and the AIPOC platform goes a long way in improving the functioning and efficiency of the legislatures,” Narwekar said. On Saturday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the AIPOC where presiding officers of all states and Union Territories were present which was hosted by the Maharashtra legislature after 21 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too addressed the AIPOC on Saturday via a video message.
“Disruption in legislatures is cancerous not only for legislatures but also for democracy and society. Curbing it is not optional but an absolute necessity to save the sanctity of legislature…It is alarmingly worrisome that disruption and disturbance in Legislatures- temples of democracy, have assumed monstrous dimensions posing existential challenges to these institutions. The world is applauding our governance but when it comes to the legislature we must see the writing on the wall – notice its dwindling impact and respect in society. High time for Presiding Officers to invoke their authority to ensure discipline and decorum as lack of these is virtually shaking the very foundations of Legislatures,” Dhankhar said.
“It is unfortunate that incidents of indiscipline and unbecoming demeanor in our legislatures are on the rise and they are on the incremental trajectory to the pain of the people at large, whose public servants we all are here. This is an extremely disturbing situation and calls for greater introspection amongst all stakeholders to find a way out of it. The decline of this trend, of which we all are stakeholders, you are in drivers’ seat. The enormity of this decline is rendering legislatures irrelevant. The scenario at present is that debates have been reduced to quarrels. we are missing the debates, they are just not there. This is a very painful scenario. Emergence of this ecosystem is debilitating our parliamentary democracy … .the spectacle when someone engages in disruption and then all the more painful is they take pride in the disruption. How can we witness and countenance such kind of degeneration and respect such unbecoming conduct,” Dhankhar said in his speech.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar said that such deliberations are extremely useful and provide a platform for sharing best parliamentary practices that can help in effective functioning of the legislature. “There is much to learn from the various state legislatures and the AIPOC platform goes a long way in improving the functioning and efficiency of the legislatures,” Narwekar said. On Saturday, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated the AIPOC where presiding officers of all states and Union Territories were present which was hosted by the Maharashtra legislature after 21 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too addressed the AIPOC on Saturday via a video message.
“Disruption in legislatures is cancerous not only for legislatures but also for democracy and society. Curbing it is not optional but an absolute necessity to save the sanctity of legislature…It is alarmingly worrisome that disruption and disturbance in Legislatures- temples of democracy, have assumed monstrous dimensions posing existential challenges to these institutions. The world is applauding our governance but when it comes to the legislature we must see the writing on the wall – notice its dwindling impact and respect in society. High time for Presiding Officers to invoke their authority to ensure discipline and decorum as lack of these is virtually shaking the very foundations of Legislatures,” Dhankhar said.
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