Opinion - Letters to the Editor   

A great disappointment

The Opposition's boycott of Parliament is a great disappointment to the people. It is a shame on the largest democracy of the world. It is the Opposition's responsibility to act as a watchdog in Parliament. By continuing to boycott the proceedings on the smallest of pretexts, it is only exposing its inefficiency to deal with the affairs of the Government.

J. Shourie Ranjana,
Madurai, T.N.

* * *

The real essence of parliamentary democracy lies in the Opposition criticising the Government. The British believe that the Prime Minister knows the Leader of the Opposition more than he knows his wife. A government that neglects the opposition does so at its own peril.

P.V.K. Durai Murugan,
Chennai

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Opinion

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

Quitters don't win, but winners do quit
It is time the BJP looked inward
The bank and the big bang
Dabhol ghost haunts Maharashtra
Fallujah, Iraq's very own Guernica
Now Germans are the Gastarbeiters
Politics and morality
A great disappointment
Arms supply to Nepal
Judicial ascendancy
Insulting to both
A void

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu