From the historical view where the core of parliamentary debates was based on public welfare, the utilitarianism principle where every individual was very much aware of being responsible for his/her words towards the public, their actions and reactions were under the basic rule.
The decorum of parliament was maintained and the politicians were public servants thinking of a collective decision where the core value was to take a step in the public welfare way.
Thinking of that era when like-minded people were making decisions for a common vision that was devoted to a well-developed nation as a whole.
But if we talk about today's debates they sound to be senseless.
Fighting with the elders, breaking public property, unethical slogans, and quotations to put-down the individual's public and private image is not at all the act of the responsible member of parliament.
The core value is dying with the baseless debates where logical thinking and analytical norms are missing. There was an era of Dr. B R Ambedkar where his vision of shaping India’s future through economic, and social justice at a large while maintaining the true principles of democratic values is vanishing now-adays.
The pillar of any democracy is the people of that democratic nation but what if those pillars shake, it will demolished. The people’s trust is the base of the democratic nation which should be kept in mind in every decision-making in the parliamentary debates. Because it affects the people directly. And especially the nation’s building blocks - our youth.
Due to these situations our youth which is already in the race to follow the “YOLO” lifestyle which is you live only once and are allowed to do whatever they want without thinking much about the future. How will they trust democracy and its basic principles? The lack of trust in the constitutional machinery can cause drastic consequences. As a result, youth will make a difference in politics and politics will become the the mouth without teeth.
Politics is the basic brick that makes an important contribution to shaping any country. They are responsible for making policies, good governance, finding out the solutions to problems at the ground level, and representing people where they are responsible for keeping that public trust, moral ethics, and traditional values of keeping people, at the forefront in every policy and decision making. Since our forefathers of the Constitution have already written that it is for the people, by the people, and of the people.
Why there is a need to think much about today's parliamentary debates decorum?
The public behavior and the way they follow the code of conduct and law and order reflects the reality of any democratic nation.
Here we have the right to vote in Article 326, the right to speech and expression in Article 19, the right to privacy in Article 21and many more to ensure that we live in a democratic nation where every individual is free to live a dignified life and even we have advanced it furthermore for right to clean climate article 14 and 21 extensions in the context of the blackbuck incidences.
It means that we are ensuring every species is in alignment with a dignified life so why do we fail to understand the dignity of our constitution our parliament our forefathers' ideologies that the constitution is a living entity and its rules and guidelines should be followed by keeping that in mind.
Failing to maintain the decorum of the parliamentary sittings could imbalance the governance drastically in the following manners-
Direct affect on the “mango man” - tax, inflation, food security, employability, health, education, basic needs, etc.
The economy can crash due to negligence in policymaking - RBI’s monetary policies, import/export tax, customs duties, etc.
Manufacturing provides more than 11 crore jobs and if the governance is not good the MSME sectors will drastically fall down due to lack of government machinery workings and fundings.
Infrastructure development and especially the R & D investments which is less than 1% can be affected drastically due to lack of vigilance and transparency.
The regular meetings/debates of the parliament assures that the representatives are making the right decisions for public welfare and a better future.
Leaders are the voice of their people and same is their duty toward them not to fulfill someone’s agenda like in “DEEP STATES”.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar once said “Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age,” underscoring the dynamic and living nature of a constitution.
It's time to rethink what today's political agenda is and how it should be transformed. Money and muscle power can only break the trust of people and once this trust is imbalanced it will lead to an “ AUTOCRATIC NATION”. The statements and actions reflecting the control of “DEEP STATES” should be analyzed and recycled through the collective decisions of utilitarianism.
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