Nidhi Razdan talks about India parliament adjournment

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00:00Well, Parliament's budget session is supposed to end in the next few days, but it's barely

00:09seen any work ever since it resumed in mid-March. In unprecedented scenes, we've actually seen

00:15the Treasury benches or the government disrupting both houses more than the opposition. They're

00:20demanding an apology from Rahul Gandhi on his comments in the UK that Indian democracy

00:24is in danger. While the opposition says all of this is a diversionary tactic because the

00:29government wasn't keen to talk about its links with the Adani group. In all of this, what

00:35is being steadily undermined is Parliament itself. If you look at the data, you can see

00:41that slowly and slowly, Parliament sessions over the last few years have been getting

00:47shorter and shorter. There are fewer and fewer discussions and debates that are taking place.

00:52Fewer bills are being sent to Parliament committees for scrutiny before they are passed. In fact,

00:57very often, legislation is passed through very hurriedly without any debate or discussion.

01:02So what does that actually mean for the institution of Parliament itself? These are some of the

01:07questions that we're exploring today.

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