NEW LOW IN PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY

Although the winter session of Parliament ended on Friday, yet the events that took place a day earlier leading to verbal exchanges between the treasury members and the Opposition following injuries to at least three MPs, should make our political class to introspect.

- PANKAJ VOHRA

Never before have such scenes been witnessed and the unsubstantiated charge against the Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi was totally uncalled for. It is extremely unfortunate that such an incident took place in the premises of Parliament House and it is now for an impartial inquiry to ascertain as to who all were at fault. The only way of reaching the truth is by going through the CCTV coverage which must have recorded the entire sequence of events. To the naked eye after watching the TV coverage, it appears that there was a push from the back and this resulted in two BJP MPs being knocked down with another MP accusing Rahul Gandhi of doing this deliberately. It is unthinkable that Rahul would have done anything like that and though a FIR against him has been registered by the Delhi police, it would greatly help to unravel the truth through impartial investigation. It should also be ascertained how the MPs of both sides came so close to each other while demonstrating and how were sticks to placards allowed within the precincts of the Parliament. Somebody needs to be held accountable for this.