UPA making a mockery of parliament...

Past week has once again demonstrated how redundant and sidelined the Indian Parliament has become in the Indian administration. Even in UPA’s first term, parliament was repeatedly bypassed in important national issues and we even had a bunch of bills being passed without any discussion under the pretext of non-co-operative opposition. Sadly none among the UPA’s think-tank seems to have ever heard of the concept of inclusive decision making. The victory that gave UPA a second term should have made the government more sensitive and responsible while dealing with vital issues, especially those related to defence and foreign matters. Instead, all that we have is a government that cannot seem to make up its mind on such issues and which keeps taking u-turn arbitrarily every now and then.

Even when the parliament is in session, the government doesn’t deem it necessary or desirable to make use of the opportunity to clarify its stand and thereby keep the nation informed. This time the UPA has to own up its misdeeds as there are no left parties to blame. More importantly, the media cannot keep covering up for a directionless government with a visionless programme. Even in a democracy, wining and election and forming a government is not the ultimate aim. In fact it is just the beginning. Living up to the expectations of the common man and delivering on the vital issues is the real aim and no government can afford to fail on that count twice in a row.