Naked Dance of Indian Politics.

INDIA, the second most populated country in the world after China and a holy place for the people of different cultures and faiths, is unfortunately running out of a constructive opposition party in Parliament.

It is the irony of Indian politics that the parties sitting in opposition consider it their duty to oppose each and every bill, presented by the ruling party, and prove it an exploiting bill and against the general masses. It is true that Indian Constitution has given the freedom to all the members of Legislative Assembly and Parliament to oppose each and every action of ruling party, which is against the interests of citizens of India. But here the question is—Are our politicians really concerned about the welfare of Indians?

In western countries we have generally witnessed that the members of the house support only those bills, which are in the favour of citizens of that country. If the parties in opposition find the bill useful for the people, they happily accept it. Similarly, if the bill is of no use, even the members of ruling party come forward to support the Opposition and make all efforts to get that bill rejected. But in our country, the scenario is different. Here the parties in opposition seem more honest towards themselves and they oppose just for the sake of opposing.

For this old trend, ruling parties are equally responsible. They always show bossiness while presenting any bill and appointing people (Governors of state, chairperson of Censor Board, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission and so on) of their choice and they don’t prefer taking the view of Opposition. The Presidential election is the recent example of it. Though Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was being considered the most eligible person for the post of President, UPA was not ready to withdraw its candidate, Pratibha Patil. And finally Patil won the election and has become the first woman President of India.

Now, opposition has created the similar situation. They are not ready to support UPA -Left alliance (ruling party) candidate Mohammad Hahmid Ansari for the post of Vice President. NDA and UNPA are supporting Najma Heptullah and Msood Ahmad respectively. Though everybody knows that Mohamad Hamid Ansari is the most deserving candidate for the post of Vice President as he is a man with multi-dimensional persona, opposition parties are not in his favour.

Ansari has represented India as its ambassador in twelve different countries. He served as Indira Gandhi’s chief of protocol in 1980, and was hounored with Padmashree Award for his services during Non-Aligned Summit and the Common Wealth Head of Government Meeting (CHOGM). He worked as Minority Committee Chairman, Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, member of 10th Planning Commission, member of Sachar Committee and so on. Former External Affair Minister K. Natwar Singh recently compared Ansari with Late Dr Zakir Hussain.

Many times it is found that ruling party does the thing as they wish. When Kalyan Singh government passed the most controversial UP Religious Construction Bill, they never took the opinion of opposition party—SP. Thanks to then Indian President K.R Narayan who used pocket veto power and closed it permanently. Otherwise this bill would have led the sovereign, socialist, democratic and republic India towards domestic war.

The most important question is that: Who will come forward to say goodbye to this trend? For how long this draconian orthodox tradition will run the country? I think it is the responsibility of media community to highlight about it. It is also first and foremost accountability of Gen-X to compel the politicians to change their wrong attitude.