Faking it

Actions do speak more than words. In the end, the seriousness of debate with which the Lower House of Parliament had gripped the nation on Tuesday — and put the sparsely crowded MMRDA grounds in Mumbai and Team Anna in cruel juxtaposition — bowed out before the filibustering in the Upper House on Thursday. The Lok Sabha debate had put the ball back in Parliament, and re-etched in public mind the supremacy and significance of the legislature. But many hours of useful debate in Rajya Sabha were eclipsed by a few minutes of needless controversy, undermining the advantage Parliament had regained for itself. All this, over a deeply flawed Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill 2011.

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