The more you sit in Parliament, the less you bleed on streets: Congress MP on political consensus

Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi, while having a discussion of political consensus and disruptions on Tuesday said, “The more you sit in the parliament, the less you bleed on the streets."

Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi, while speaking on political consensus in the country said, "The more you sit in the Parliament, the less you bleed on the streets." Bordoloi was speaking at a panel titled 'The Art of Building Consensus in an Age of Disruptions' at the India Today Conclave East on Tuesday.

Bordoloi said there has been a rising difficulty in achieving political consensus because the average sitting days of the Parliament has been on a gradual decline. He pointed out that during the 1950s-70s the average sitting days of Parliament was 121 days, but that has drastically declined in the present.

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“Now, in the 17th Lok Sabha, an average sitting of 30 days takes place in a year,” he said. He added that such short periods mean that the Opposition does not have time to ventilate the issues of the people.

Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress (TMC), Sukhendu Sekhar Ray also said something similar and said one of the root causes of disruption by the Opposition is the time constraint that it faces. He said more time needs to be given to the Opposition for them to ventilate the issues.

According to Sukhendu Sekhar, the second cause for disruption is that nowadays, bills are no longer being referred to parliamentary committees. The third cause he listed is that there is no attempt on the part of the ruling government to discuss issues with the Opposition.