The Rowdy Sabha

There are times when blog posts become a medium to register protest; in my case, disgust. A bill was tabled in the Parliament yesterday that proposed that a third of the seats in the Parliament be reserved for women. The bill was tabled in the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of the bicameral legislature). Members of the Rajya Sabha are not directly elected by the people of the country. On paper, the Rajya Sabha contains elite politicians, academics and people who have been very successful in their respective fields. That, however, was the last inference one would draw, looking at the incidents that unfolded yesterday. Whether or not you support the reservation of seats for women in the Parliament, you simply cannot ignore the unruly, urchin-like behaviour displayed by our top lawmakers yesterday. The sad thing is that no punishment was meted out to the culprits. Take a look at this video.



I don't remember snatching microphones, assaulting the speaker and tearing up the bill being legitimate methods of protesting in parliamentary debates. I just wanted to take this opportunity to express my extreme sense of shame at what happened and my extreme disgust at the fact that they all got away with it. May someone teach them to behave themselves.