Parliament: A Fiasco Worse Than A Fish Market

If the only contribution MPs can make is noisy sloganeering, mock interviews, cheap skits, and ridiculous face masks in the Parliament complex, they might as well disperse. It would save taxpayers crores of rupees spent keeping Parliament open during this disruption

Is there anything else MPs from both the Opposition and the ruling party can do to disgrace themselves? We don’t think so. Most Indians watching the petty theatrics in and outside the two Houses would likely agree. Even a fish market presents a semblance of order. The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have known only chaos since the winter session began on November 25, with a brief respite for just two days.

Let us be clear: neither side is free from blame for the daily stand-offs between Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party and the BJP. The tit-for-tat abuse and name-calling have left all other sections of Parliament enduring daily adjournments and disruptions. With another week remaining in the winter session, it would be sensible to adjourn it sine die immediately. If the only contribution MPs can make is noisy sloganeering, mock interviews, cheap skits, and ridiculous face masks in the Parliament complex, they might as well disperse. It would save taxpayers crores of rupees spent keeping Parliament open during this disruption.