Kabaddi in Parliament

Mulayam Singh Yadav leader of Samajwadi Party says that if Lokpal bill is passed the elected Members of Parliament will come under the rule of Daroga (police officials) . MPs will be arrested by Daroga on any issue. As such his party did not vote in favour of Lokpal Bill in Lok Sabha. He further says that his party did not like to vote against the bill because his party did not want to support the cause of BJP. His party does not understand the pros and cons of the Lokpal Bill, his party does not want to propose any amendment in the bill to make it effective and strong, his party does not even want to pursue the line of action of Bhartiya Janta Party and his party is not at all bothered of pain of common men who are real victim of cancer of corruption prevalent in the system.

After all what for they are elected by voters?

Are they meant to cry and cry to befool voters on Lollipops of some type of quota or the other only?

Do they think that their boycotting of Lok Sabha on crucial issues like Lokpal Bill serves the purpose they are meant for?

By not participating in discussion and debates, they cannot uphold the Supremacy of Parliament for which they usually plead. They are indirectly supporting a wrong bill by boycotting voting in Parliament.

Lalu Prasad Yadav leader of RJD is almost of same opinion. Lalu is not made minister in UPA government and hence his purpose is to blackmail UPA on every occasion and try to negotiate for berth in cabinet. He and his party neither whole heartedly supports not oppose absolutely Lokpal Bill. Lalu says that the Sarkari Lokpal Bill is brought in haste by ruling party under pressure of Team Anna. He cannot support such weak and Not-well-prepared bill because it is brought under pressure of Team Anna and because Team Anna is indirectly backed by BJP and RSS.

Lalu and  MPs of his party do not have any view either in favour of Lokpal Bill not any valid opinion against it. They as such thought it better to boycott voting on Lokpal Bill in Parliament. These leaders do not have right to talk of Supremacy of Parliament. They are completely dishonest and wrong in saying that framing of bill and act is the duty of elected MPs and not people of India crying on Road under the banners of Team Anna. When MPs are not in a position to either vote in favour or vote against it that too without any valid reason, they do not deserve to be MP. It is the faulty pattern of election that such leaders are elected by voting. Unfortunately people of India do not have right to recall such useless and selfish leaders and they have to bear with them for five years and at least till next election.

Mayawati, leader of Bahujan Samaj Party wants that CBI should not be under the control of the government. She says that proposed Lokpal bill is too weak to support. Her MPs in Parliament did not oppose the bill wholeheartedly , rather killed most of allotted time in praising Mayawati or accusing Congress Party or BJP or SP. It appeared as if the MPs of BSP was campaigning for her party in Parliament. They were least bothered of merit and demerit of Lokpal.

BSP do not want to go in line with BJP because election in near in her state. If she opposes the bill , she will be blamed that she is supporter of so called communal party like BJP. Her party  MPs are not bothered of problem faced by common men due to rampant corruption but they are concerned how to stop Congress Party and Rahul Gandhi taking credit of passing Lokpal Bill as desired by Team Anna .

Is it desired role of MPs in Parliament?

Are such MPs doing justice with their role of opposing misrule of ruling party?

Are they upholding the supremacy of Parliament by boycotting the Parliament and by not taking part in voting on crucial bill for which mass movement is going on in the country?

More or less similar is the approach of MPs of left parties. They oppose Team Anna and say it is the duty of Parliament to make act and Team Anna cannot dictate MPs how to frame laws. The message they want to convey is that Member of Parliament can bag votes like beggars begging for alms, organize rallies during one month period of election to beg votes from common men, they can fight their election battle on road but as soon as they become Members of Parliament they are master of common men for five years, they are dictator of terms of public movement, they are owners of Parliament and common men or Team Anna is not more than baggers.

They say that Lokpal bill can be discussed in Parliament only. But when the occasion came to discuss the same, they avoided it. They did not propose any substantial amendment to make the bill strong. Primary issue is to place arguments in favour of or against the bill and propose proper amendment so that people of India may understand their intention. Ruling party accepts the proposed amendment or not is a secondary issue .Obviously MPs of left parties equally failed to play their desired role and they have no moral right to talk of Parliament.

Elected Members of Parliament should keep in mind that they are voted to enter in Parliament to legislate laws which may provide safety, growth and good image of the country. They are not meant to play Kabaddi in Parliament and always think of winning the battle from their opponents. They are elected to ponder over whether any bill serves the purpose of common men or not but they unfortunately always think whether credit will go to BJP or Congress Party. Supporting or opposing any bill in Parliament should be based on ideology, principles and ultimate gain and loss to Nation. Unfortunately in the name of democratic principles or Supremacy of Parliament , Members of Parliament in general are playing dirty game of weakening MPs of other side.

Are they honestly using the precious time and valuable platform of Parliament to give comfort to their voters who elected them?

Congress Party is blaming BJP of not supporting Constitutional amendment bill on Lokpal but not ready to accept the suggestion given by BJP to keep state government free to legislate the same as per their comfort in their state assemblies. 

What was the harm in introducing Constitutional amendment under article 252 as suggested by BJP and discarding the idea of making Lokpal mandatory for state government to pursue the same line as suggested by Central Government by invoking article 253 of the Constitution?

State Assemblies are as important as Parliament. After all Lokayakta in state like Bihar and Karnataka are doing well against corruption.

Why Kapil Sibal of Congress Party want to dilute the intensity of Lokayukta of Bihar and Karnataka? 

Is it because the same is framed by Non Congress Party and because Nitish Kumar’s popularity in Bihar and all over the country is consistently going up and up?

Actually a few flatterers in Congress Party are bent upon keeping Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi happy. When Rahul suggested for making a Constitutional status to Lokpal, every MP of Congress Party who were originally against Lokpal started playing the flute of Constitutional status to Lokpal bill in tune with Rahul’s musical tune and for this purpose without even consulting allied parties like Trinamool congress they hurriedly proposed Constitutional amendment bill in Lok Sabha and eventually got defeated.

Congress Party could have given due values to the dissenting note of Members of Standing Committee before bringing Lokpal Bill in Parliament. It is unfortunate that Members of Parliament belonging to ruling party always treat the MPs of opposition parties as enemy of the Nation. Ruling MPs are usually of the opinion that they are the only well wishers of common men but duly elected MPs belonging to opposition parties are not well wishers.

Similarly MPs of opposition parties are mostly opposing what the ruling party MPs speak. MPs not act as per their conscience but act as per the orders of High Command of their parties. MPs usually push the button in time of voting in Parliament in favour or in opposition to any Bill in Parliament not on the merit or demerit of the bill but as per the whims and fancies of a few members of High Command Club. They act as per party whip and not as per their views and conscience. In such position all talks of Parliamentary democracy is simply nonsense and Bakwas.

In brief none of elected Member of Parliament is serious on the value and urgency of strong Lokpal Bill to fight against menace of corruption. For MPs, democracy is of the MP, by the MP and for the MPs. They act as if they are God and people of India are just beggars. They can give reservation to minorities without any demand from minorities, they can demand and allow loan waivers and they can propose fresh quota for some group or the other or they can suggest the change in the name of any town or state but they can never think for the welfare of common men without nay bias to caste or community.

Lastly I hope people of Media particularly TV media will keep these ideas while organizing debate on TV calling various members of their choice and stop misleading viewers.