The recently concluded budget session of Parliament went on. And on. During the two-month long session, citizens asked: when will the session end? The government replied, we’re passing bills so continue to foot the bill. Even if matters are in-House, citizens should keep watch so that Parliament doesn’t become entirely a divided House.
When the debate on the removal of Article 370 began PDP MPs MM Fayaz and Nazir Ahmad Laway ripped up the Constitution. Citizens wondered: was democracy itself being shredded? One of these MPs then tore his own clothes, to show the issue was close to the bone. Parliamentary proceedings ideally should not take the shirt off anyone’s back.
Some lost their shirts, others lost their temper. Veteran Ghulam Nabi Read More
