Citizen’s opinion should be taken to formulate poli cies and law

As per our constitution, members of the legislative assembly (MLA) and members of the parliament (MP) are the nominated members on the block and state levels of the panchayats. But the constitution has given them no responsibility. 

 

 

In our opinion, if a law is tabled in the parliament or in the state level legislative assembly, then they should be duty bound to distribute the salient points of this law to people on block and state level. They should then discuss the nitty gritty of the law and take the opinion of the people about the proposed law. 

 

 

The people will discuss the same in gram sabhas and the common opinion of the gram sabhas should be put forth in the parliament through the MP and MLA’s.

 

 

Today we vote and send our representatives to the parliament or legislative assembly. They are our representatives first and then members of parties like BJP or congress or any other party that they belong to. It is obligatory on their part to know the opinion of the constituents before voting for any legislation or policies of the government. 

 

 

But to pass legislation in the parliament, whips are issued by the party presidents like Sonia Gandhi for congress and all members of the party vote in favour for the proposition. If it is BJP then Advani or Gadkari will issue a whip and all members would vote in favour or against the proposition. Mayawati will make all members vote in a manner that she wants. Party then

becomes supreme for our representatives and the people are totally sidelined. Their interest or opinion is seldom taken care of. 

 

This autocracy of the high command has to be stopped. What the people want, the representative should present in the parliament or the legislative assemblies. If this happens then it would be direct control of the people on the legislations being formulated in the parliament or the legislative assembly.

 

 

Then it would become very difficult for the government to pass unjust and ridiculous bills like “Nuclear liability bill”. Then it will become very difficult to pass a bill in the parliament under the pressure of a foreign company or a foreign country. The citizens will, then, be able to pass any legislation that they want.