There is always a difference between our aspirations and actions. So in that case the observance and operation of the most effective constitution is dependent on this. The discussion on the 75th anniversary of the constitution in the assembly should be based on. The discussion did not go the way it should have been conducted by both the ruling party and the opposition. All the parties should have realized that they had got the opportunity to self review as people’s representatives of the most effective and robust democratic country. But, alas, such a wonderful occasion and opportunity was also treated as normal as a session for exchanging harsh words between the party members. Both the parties blamed one another for their respective failures and the ruling party kept all the credits of success to themselves by criticizing the Congress for the imposition of emergency in 1975. Meanwhile the opposition accused that the country is going through an undeclared emergency at present.
The basic principle of the constitution is rights of the citizens which is challenged in the course of the governance. The older the country is getting the more these issues are aggravated. Emergency is a mental state or approach. The country has to always be strong about it. This crisis can only be curbed if the validity of the constitution is affirmed. The constitution has been injured by the sphere of secularism, federal systems, separation of powers, freedom of judiciary, electing the government, the right to vote for the citizens, impartiality, protection of the rights of the minorities and many other basic characteristics are put together since many years. But all the governments and the parties have always shown their adherence towards the constitution. Still their actions fail to match with the kind of ideology they show. So to say, the kind of meaning they present regarding the constitutional beliefs are proved to be completely contradictory to the basic characteristics of it, as it was illuminated during the Parliamentary debate. But these were mostly presented in the form of personal and political criticism. Though blame game in the parliamentary debates are no new but the parliamentarians should have realized the gravity of the occasion and maintained certain dignity to set an example for the youth at present and future generations to come. The statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was nothing different.
The political and governance system should take this as a rule. Constitution is above all the systems and politics. Unfortunately, most of the debates and discussions were centered around the Gandhi – Nehru family, Emergency, Modi government and many other allegations or accusations by both the parties. The discussion was turned out to be an unfair proposal.
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