Can you believe that I had taken my days off from work to watch parliament’s proceeding during the confidence motion presented by the prime minister. Proceeding definitely had better entertainment value than any of the today’s bollywood films can offer. It started with prime minister’s googly and ended with Omar Abdullah’s brilliant three minuters. There were lots of drama in between like silly accusations, mudslinging at each other, slogan soughting and finally the money throwing episode came as an item number. This has already given so many headline materials for upcoming days to news channel. Personally i consider them a part of parliamentary democracy. So i would not talk much about it. Lets talk here about the positive outcomes of the proceeding. Off course one is nuclear deal But there were many more for every party and every Indian individuals. And biggest among them was to see the arrival of new brigade of politicians.
Rahul Gandhi [Images] may be the best thing which has come out from this two days drama in the parliament for Congressmen looking for their rozi-roti, but off course he is no Obama. Heck, he is not even Omar or Owaisi. Talking extempore may make for better viewing than reading from a prepared text as he did the last time round, but Rahulbaba's public speaking skills suggest that he has a long way to go before he even utters 'hame yeh banana hain' like papa Rajiv. Still I count him among one of the positives of this proceedings.
Mohammed Salim, Omar, Owaisi and Praful Patel were the ones who impressed me the most. It was disappointing to see BJP only counting on sought brigade. Once upon a time BJP used to be the home of greatest orators in Indian politics, what happened to them? Almost all the speakers from this party including Advani were just pathetic. BJP should seriously think about it before distributing tickets for next general election. They should introduce more and more eligible young people into the party. And most importantly stop projecting Mr. Advani as a prime ministerial candidate. He has lost his charm.
The biggest positive of this whole drama is speaker Somnath Chatterjee. Not many have the courage to defy party whip to stand for his constitutional post. He did it and he did it exceptionally well. At the age of 79 the way he handled the most difficult group of 540 of our country is really commendable. But again his expulsion from the party shows the mental bankruptcy of CPI (M) hi-command. Many have been casting 22nd of July as a biggest stigma on Indian parliamentary history. But i won't say so. Even after all what happened i find democracy as a clear winner. Everyone casted their vote and that matters a lot. That gives a bit of life to democracy and loksahi. This is something which can be achieved only in India and that's the reason we are called greatest democracy of the world.
After giving a thought about my obsession to watch parliament proceeding, what I realized is basically we are a nation that seems to be living reality as lived on the 'Truman Show'. If it is not IPL, it is Aarushi. If it is not Aarushi, it is the no-trust vote. If it's not the trust vote it is the cash for votes. We want our reality to be played out real time in front of our eyes and we want it now. So, what’s next???
