Parliament Rocks

The parliament of India proceedings sound like fish market. With a lot of noise less of people oriented business and not to talk about the inferior quality debates. No body knows when this is going to be rectified.

The Times of India writes (4 August 2009)

The proceedings of the Lok Sabha while it is in session are regularly telecast live on Doordarshan. It is amusing to watch some of the events that
unfold each session-day.
Many MPs are caught napping by TV cameras, though they can easily claim to actually be meditating on crucial national issues. Many have a bored look on their faces, as if the topics being discussed are of little interest or importance to them.
The honourable Speaker always comes across as someone playing the role of a schoolteacher trying to keep rowdy students under control. Do our honourable members really need such an authority to control and discipline them constantly? One would think that these pillars of the nation would be able to conduct themselves without constant directions from the chair to behave.
It is, however, a fact that Lok Sabha speeches and discussions resemble a school debate function, lacking serious content on crucial issues facing the nation, on past performance, about future action plans or any concrete steps for improvements.

That apart, the show often turns nasty when a group of members of a party, piqued by some comment from the treasury benches, lose all self-control and become so agitated that they try to stall the proceedings of the assembly by slogan-shouting. If the issue is not resolved quickly, they move to the well of the House in an attempt to gherao the Speaker.
The resulting cacophony and chaos result in the adjournment of the House. In the past, many working days of Parliament have been lost in this manner. It appears that there is no provision to penalise the members who disrupt the House. Knowing that each minute of Parliament time costs taxpayers upwards of Rs 25,000, or Rs 1.2 crore per day, such colossal wastage cannot be pardoned.
Viewers are also treated to chappal-throwing matches when MPs find that words cannot adequately express their points of view on an issue. In the course of a healthy discussion, there have also been instances of members shoving and pushing each other much like the wrestling shows one sees on TV. Surely, taxpayers have the right to expect our worthy MPs to behave in a more dignified and purposeful manner.