Suspension of MPs
It is most unfortunate that the protesting Opposition Members of Parliament — who were demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on last week’s security breach in the Lok Sabha have been suspended en masse (Page 1, December 19). But still, the phrase, “murder of democracy”, chosen by the Opposition to term this mass expulsion, is least likely to resonate with the vast majority of people of our country. One of the primary reasons for this is the lack of unity in the Opposition, which became quite evident, once again, during the recent Assembly elections and their aftermath. Without organic Opposition unity stemming from an array of common policies, which keep the welfare of the common man at their core, nothing much will happen by warning about the dangers faced by our democracy — even if this is the reality.
A. Venkatasubramanian,
