Parliamentary democracy has its own rules of the game and conventions which have to be religiously adhered to by its executioners as without observance of these fundamental rules in letter and spirit, parliamentary democracy simply cannot strike roots in letter and spirit in the country.
One of the noble convention of parliamentary democracy is that the PM fixes an hour every week for question answer session during which he personally answers on the floor of the House every question asked by any member of the assembly or Senate. The other noble tradition is that speech of every parliamentarian is published in a journal every month. Reference can be had to the journal billed as Hansard published by the House of Commons, London every month in which speeches
made in both the Houses of British Parliament that is House of Commons and House of Lords are published verbatim.
Can,t we adopt these two basic democratic conventions in our Assemblies. In England only the best of the best persons in every walk of life are allowed to contest polls after their credentials are subjected to a thorough scrutiny of their nomination papers by the returning officers at the time of filing of nomination papers. Only men of impeccable financial integrity enjoying good track moral and financial record are allowed to contest polls and that is the precise reason why the House of Commons has been billed as mother of parliamentary democracy.
It is really a treat to hear the speeches of British MPs on the floor of parliament as they always do a lot of homework and research before delivering any speech on any subject They don’t use fisticuffs against one another on the floor of the House nor turn it into a fish market by raising a hue and cry against one another They use brain rather than the brawn during the parliamentary proceedings .
It won’t be a bad idea if after every elections our elected parliamentarians before allowing them to take oath of their office were sent to London in different batches to sit in the visitors gallery of the House of Commons for at least two weeks each just for studying and minutely observing as to how the British MPs behave and conduct themselves during the proceedings in parliament.
