Kusum Choppra

Kusum Choppra: Deja Vu: July 2014

Kusum Choppra: Deja Vu: July 2014

Deja Vu: July 2014 A sense of Deja Vu is inevitable, with spectacle of  opposition MPs waving newspapers in the House, shouting about an incident of force-feeding with communal overtones, reminiscent of the Partition excesses.  This was in the august Maharashtra Sadan in the capital itself, host to a number of parliamentary and other official bigwigs.   What purpose did that vandalism by 'august' MPs serve?  to show people how their betas conduct themselves -- set an example of how to get things done by officialdom? The Deja Vu continues, with the ruling members perhaps forgetting that they were no longer in the Opposition and rushing into the well of the House, to the acute embarrassment of the seniors on the front  bench.  Since the present ruling party was noted for rushing into the well of the House in the last decade or so, to inhibit parliamentary debate and passage of innumerable bills, their own members resorting to the same now that they are the ruling party