'Those were the days when MPs and ministers were respected'

May 13, 2012 10:44

When parliamentarians will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament on Sunday, Rishang Keishing and Resham Lal Jangade, the only living members of the first Lok Sabha session in 1952, will be among those who will address the special joint session. Rediff.com's Priyanka caught up with two of the oldest living parliamentarians in India, who reflected on the 60-year journey of the country's supreme legislative body.

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