ON BOARD SPECIAL FLIGHT: Voicing concern over frequent Parliament disruptions, Vice President Hamid Ansari today said “arming the Chair with police powers” to punish errant MPs was not the solution and there was a need to develop attitude to discuss, debate and decide.
Interacting with the media accompanying him on way to Brunei on the first leg of his two-nation visit, Ansari, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairperson, said Parliament has been disrupted from time-to-time for one reason or another.
“The issue is not that of powers. Parliamentary democracy presupposes, as the President has also talked about discussion, debate and then decision. Now, for one reason or another, Parliament has got disrupted from time to time,” he said in reply to a query whether he would seek more powers for the Presiding Officers of Rajya Sabha to punish those who disrupt functioning of the House.
“So, the question is not of arming the chair with police powers. That is neither here nor there. Question is to develop an attitude in which all sections of the House consider it more appropriate to discuss, debate and decide,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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