The opposition's uproar over the violence committed by two youths who were visitors to Parliament last week has not ended yet. The opposition has been obstructing the progress of proceedings in both houses for a week, demanding that Prime Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement in the House. Last week, 14 M.P.s were suspended from the House for creating a ruckus. The government responded to the protests by massively suspending opposition members who continued to create a ruckus on Monday. With the suspension of 78 MPs in both houses on Monday and 49 more in the Lok Sabha yesterday, the number of people under action in this session has reached 141!

Such drastic action, which can be described as unusual, has taken place in Parliament before as well. It was during the last days of the second UPA government. On that day, 94 MPs had to accept the suspension due to the continuous stalling of the assembly proceedings. It is not yet known how many of the remaining opposition members in the House will have to leave in the wake of the uproar.

Not only the opposition parties but also a large section of the people feel that the security breach in the Lok Sabha is unprecedented. Typically the Prime Minister and the Home Minister should have come to the House and made a statement on such an incident without being asked by the Opposition. The ruling party is of the position that there is no need for discussion on such a matter. There is no hiding the fact that the daring actions shown by the attackers in the Parliament have caused great fatigue to the government. The government is not going to gain anything in particular by omitting the statement of the Prime Minister or the Home Minister in this regard

Not only that, but all common-sensical people will judge it as a ploy to cover up their great letdown. On the contrary, if any of those responsible had made a statement about it in the House the day after the incident, the winter session of the Parliament would not have been messed up like this. Only a few days are left for the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha. This is the last conference of its kind. The House will reconvene early next year, but it will be for the inevitable official act of introducing and passing a vote on account. The January session is of little significance as the general elections are being held in April or early May.

Even as the opposition clamour is at its peak, the government is trying to carry on with routine affairs. Bills are being introduced and passed without discussion. This is very easy when the seats of the opposition are empty, but this is done at the complete sacrifice of democratic values ​​and practices. There are so many issues that go unaddressed. The opposition came forward on the first day of the session with full support for the smooth conduct of the winter session, but the security breach in the Lok Sabha on the 13th disrupted everything. It is the government itself that has created an opportunity for the parliament proceedings to be continuously obstructed. All this is due to stubbornness.