The meaning of opposition------just not to oppose,propose also

The meaning of opposition – just not to oppose, propose also

India is a democratic country. All citizens have a right to voice their views. This fundamental concept is prevalent in our parliament also. But sometimes the members of this highest body cross their limits of suavity and decorum. Most of the MPs raises his voice, starts shouting and slogans and sometimes even abuses to corner the other persons or parties.  In any particular parliament session, the government proposes some new issues or bring in changes in the old issues in the form of bills on the basis of their findings and almost all the time the opposition parties try to ignore the same. The opposition parties think that it is their birth right to oppose anything and everything. They forget one thing that the particular issues for which today they are ignoring or trying to oppose, in the immediate past when they were holding the government, these same MPs were strongly supporting these types of bills. Why it is so?  Because the duty of an opposition is somehow to oppose, which resembles like a shambling gait of a wicked person. The opposition means not to accept your any findings without analyzing the ground reality, whether that is going to benefit the countrymen  or not. Their rights are to stop the bills at any cost, to stall the proceedings in the parliament performing all undemocratic scenes; and then show the countrymen how much they respect the people of the country and their verdict to elect them as MPs to debate for their causes.  Finally, of course, they get exhausted wasting the precious time and resources of the parliamentary system.  If you happen to know the name of the Prime Minister of Britain, Earl of Derby of 1800s, you might remember above sarcastic words about the nature of the opposition.  Even in twenty first century in India, the scenario is not changed with the glaring example of the Insurance Bill. Fundamentally, almost all the opposition parties of India today are convinced about the usefulness of this bill. Still, Modi’s government is being snared with the painful and torturous words in Rajya Sabha on the other day and they were not able to raise and pass the bill as they lack in the majority.  Despite the NDA government’s efforts during the time of Vajpayee, the ceiling of FDI could not be raised from 26% to 49%. In 2009, Congress was interested to step into the shoes of Vajpayee, this BJP that time, was in the rank and file of opposition, not only jumped on the shoulder of the then minister  and treasury bench persons, but also made no stones unturned to block the smooth sailing of this bill.  After a span of almost ten years, the bill is yet to see the green light and now the NDA’s government’s main party BJP are getting the shabby treatment in the hands of Congress making the proverb ‘tit for tat’ 

All these conclude that country’s growth, development, resurgence are not that important. My duty is to oppose as I belong to the opposition, whether my color is black or white. A vibrant democracy always calls for a good and effective opposition.  India’s democracy is now plodded to nearly seven decades of maturity with stalwarts of politicians, but they are still immature to understand the nitty-gritty of the dynamics of parliamentary systems, how to effectively run the same and how to continue the purposeful and meaningful debates.  Just by raising the protests, making the environment hullabaloo, polluting the cordial atmosphere of the highest political echelon, the opposition is not going to gain anything. This will be a colossal losses of countries taxpayer’s money, which is not less than  a crime.

By now, one thing, Modi-led BJP government understands that their own habit of doing opposition for the past ten years is like a contagious disease, which has now afflicted Congress.

If this insurance bill is attacked with so much chaos, Modi has to taste his own political acumen before the other sensitive issues like the Land Acquisition Act and the Nuclear Liability Act, which are to be tabled in the Parliament in the near future for debate and then making the bills passed. No doubt, the same will be passed in Lok Shava, but what about Rajya Sabha? All the opposition parties are working on a common strategy that somehow they will defile Modi’s initiations to augment the process of reforms and introducing the passage of the new bills and stall the activities of parliament frequently, sometimes without making any sense, but to embarrass Modi and his government.In this way the opposition will create an environment of only oppose whereas in reality, they must  propose and support these types of bills for the benefit of the country and its people.