LIVE! Parliament Day 1: No work, now MPs want to play for a week

August 05, 2013 18:42

It's another matter that both houses of Parliament adjourned three times today and finally closed shop for the day at 3 pm. Our MPs, who will be paid for doing no work today, now want a week-long holiday from August 14 to August 19.

Parliamentary Affairs minister Kamal Nath has agreed (why are we not surprised) to the suggestion from some leaders of political parties as MPs ostensibly don't want to travel back and forth from their constituencies.

The decision on the holiday will be taken tomorrow after the two presiding officers -- LS speaker Meira Kumar and RS chairperson Dr Hamid Ansari -- approve the proposal.MPs also get a daily allowance of Rs 1,000 per day to attend Parliament.

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