FASTS UNTO DEATH
Using this weapon of protest to highlight issues is suicidal, forcing acceptance under threat and blackmail and is unacceptable It works, when the personality has the following and adverse consequences may be too heavy on social map .The parliamentarians talk of the supremacy of the institution and privilege to pass the legislation. Who sends them to the Parliament ? The electorate have every right to shake them up and take note of the simmering discontent When they do not act in the best interests of the electorate, there is no provision for recall . The only recourse is next election and that is too distant. Politicians feel that once elected they are kings and nobody can question or touch them The electorate that elects them have every right to protest, There is no limit of terms in public service , nor experience or education as it is the case in any type of service There any number of uneducated , criminals in Parliament, who never raise any voice or take par in debates and discussions, or frame legislation , which is their basic duty. Does the parliament provide for dharnas, unruly behavior.The parliament for the very first time was held to ransom and not allowed to function by the BJP, until their demand for investigation of 2G scam was accepted . Is it in any way different to the peaceful protest of Anna Hazare? The Parliamentarians themselves are laying standards of obtaining results by extreme actions. There is no pay commission for them and hence they merrily extend to themselves astronomical amounts in pay, pensions and other benefits. Who can protest and how? The Govt only reacts to mass public protests, which only wake them up to the underlying problems, that are unbearable The Parliamentarians will not frame legislation that cut their own feet, the delay of Lokpal bill for more than ten years is an example, The mounting scams of corruption are surfaced only by the active print and television media, without which these would nevercome to light of public domain. The common people are unable to fathom the depths of these scams and how they impact their lives in general .Politicians at all levels are fountain heads of all corruption. Nothing happens without their active involvement, connivance or knowledge. They have their finger in every pie Hence public uprising is the only way to make the Parliamentarians to act swiftly and decisively The results in Egypt and other Arab countries are more recent events of mass uprising to assert their rights The politicians for too long have taken the people for granted, stating their right to legislate as they want and when and where they want, without any concern for the electorate The Parliamentarians must take the views of the people to whom they represent .and be responsible and be concerned to their plights The protest are not dictating laws, but only creating awareness of demands, which cannot be ignored any more Some representatives of the parties argue that the protestors do not represent them. They certainly do not also represent every body except their party and constituency they are elected from Discrediting mass protest as undemocratic ways to force legislation will not solve the crisis of trust and despondency Nelson lopes Chinchinim 9850926276