Lokshaba :- An Indisciplined Class?

Read about the ettiquetes of adult diplomats with our new writer Shubhashree Sathe.

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A dis-mannered 75 year old class student?

“Wait for your turn to speak”, “please sit on your place”, “your are elder to all of them, at least you listen”, all these dialogues made you nostalgic didn’t they? All of us remember our teachers saying this to all of us as kids. But try and imagine a 75 years old lady saying these to 545 adults from the age of 30 to 88? Did the picture look weird, indeed it did. But this my friends is the harsh reality of India’s Loksabha.

No Confidence...

Recently, the congress party raised a motion of no confidence against the Indian government, thus a meeting was conducted on July 20 in the Loksabha to debate about the issue. But it was a really sad picture to see as an Indian youngster. The political side of the issue about whether or not the motion had any base or what impacts will it have on the 2019 elections is a different thing but what is more concerning is the manner in which the debate happened.

Leaders of India who 125 crore Indians have elected fighting like school kids in a debate is not a very pleasing picture. Leaders like Rahul Gandhi who have been in the political field for so many years making baseless allegations while representing the congress party’s side in the debate and BJP leaders screaming like hooligans at them and seeing the same happening the other way round raises a question mark on all the citizens who have voted these leaders? Aren’t people who are leaders of 125 crore Indians are supposed to be behaving responsibly, at least in a space where they are representing thousands of other people? However, the sad part is that this is what does not happen in the Lok sabha . Are we sure that we want people who do not know the basic manners of not cutting others while speaking to be the leaders of the world’s largest democracy?

The Question of Responsibility....

This also raises a question of how responsibly do we vote during elections or rather do we vote during elections? It is largely the leaders’ fault for behaving in such an uncivilised manner but then give it a second thought; who voted all these people to be in the position that they are? It is only when we citizens realise the power of voting and when we responsibly perform that act will this indisciplined class of hooligans change into a civilised class sitting and discussing real problems. This largely depends on the youth of India as they are going to be both the leaders and voters of tomorrow who can bring about this change.