What CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said today

May 13, 2012 15:58

"We seriously should consider, through a Constitutional Amendment, if necessary, making it mandatory for 100 sittings a year. I think, that is necessary as a corrective step for the future," he said participating in a debate on 60 years of Indian Parliament. He said the closest the Parliament sat for 100 days was
in 1992 with 98 sittings. The 14th Lok Sabha, Yechury observed, was marked by the least in the Parliament history with 332 sittings with an average of 66 a year.

"Worst, 24 per cent of this time was lost due to disruptions and adjournments," he said. He held that unless the Parliament sits for a longer duration, its vigilance over the Government will not be effective. "Thus, the executive's accountability to the legislature becomes the casualty. This seriously undermines our Constitutional scheme of things and endanger authoritarian tendency," he underscored.

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