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Parliament ruckus a sad experience, says Meira Kumar
Monday December 13, 2010 07:45:29 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Monday said
it was a "sad experience" for her to witness parliament being
disrupted for such a long time during the just-concluded winter
session.
"Deeply anguished" Meira Kumar chose not to make her customay
valedictory speech on the floor of the house on the last day of
the session.
Instead, she just played the national song "Vande Mataram" - a
norm - before announcing the house adjourned sine die.
Later in a statement, the speaker said: "I feel deeply anguished
that the house has been disrupted for such a long time in this
session."
"Personally it has been a sad experience for me and I hope that
parliament functions smoothly in future," Meira Kumar said.
India, she said, is a "mature parliamentary democracy".
"Parliament is a forum to debate and sort out the differences. Our
parliament has many mechanisms to arrive at a consensus. It is our
responsibility to ensure that people's faith in democratic system
is kept intact. The time that we lost could have been used more
meaningfully to the benefit of the people whom our members
represent."
The two houses were adjourned Monday sine die, ending an over
month-long winter session that was the least productive ever with
only seven of 138 hours of business being conducted due to a
stalemate between the government and opposition over the 2G
spectrum scandal.
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