Horse trading in Indian Parliament: What can we do ?
July 21, 2008
This is a shame for India! — some of our parliamentarians are ready to sell their votes for money !
Can we, the ordinary people, do anything ? See the following discussion
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=34138
As Arun Shourie says here, we should raise the public opinion and
force the government to amend the law such that any MP who takes
bribe to vote will be punished
Nariman here:
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=34152
He says the Supreme Court has left it to the parliament to lay down guidelines to expel a member — but parliament has done nothing so far!
Pathetic journalist : Here’s an example where an NDTV journalist, instead of grilling the politician for horse trading, happily giggles and says: “some of them (parliament members) may mysteriously fall ill tomorrow”
