Shake hands for the House
- Saurabh TodiShrikrishna Upadhyaya
- Updated: Jul 2, 2024, 21:24 IST IST
LS has started with fireworks. But this Parliament is tasked with greenlighting major changes like delimitation. Treasury & opposition will have to talk, do backroom negotiations & arrive at workable solutions
Though it is early days, a stormy inaugural session of the 18th Lok Sabha is belying expectations that national politics has re-entered a coalition phase that will bring consensus-building, effective floor management, and backroom parleys back to Parliament.
But it is very important that the parliamentary forum be once again tilted towards its intended purpose — democratic deliberation. That’s the only way to take forward major impending legislative changes such as delimitation of constituencies, 33% women’s reservation and the proposed simultaneous elections to Parliament and state legislatures. Ideally, the coalition phase should also reform parliamentary proceedings, to improve the functioning of our legislative system.
But it is very important that the parliamentary forum be once again tilted towards its intended purpose — democratic deliberation. That’s the only way to take forward major impending legislative changes such as delimitation of constituencies, 33% women’s reservation and the proposed simultaneous elections to Parliament and state legislatures. Ideally, the coalition phase should also reform parliamentary proceedings, to improve the functioning of our legislative system.
