I decided not to write this visit but to streamline my thoughts after 1 week I felt to write. A friend of mine is niece to Shanta Kumar. We visited his place and luckily we got the pass for the last day of Winter session. Much to me delight we got the pass for question hour. Next morning my mind was in turmoil that will I be seeing Narendra Modi Ji as the same day he is leaving for Indo-Russia summit.
To my surprise Narendra Modi Ji did come.
Finally when I reached the tiring part was security check. When I saw the humongous pillars of the parliament gave me a tingling feeling. Continuous security check seemed to me as an endless journey in the desert. I was checked by not less than 11 men as far as I can recollect. May be it was the last day of the session and the visitor's gallery is overcrowded. Finally I reached my oasis i.e. Visitor's Gallery. With God favouring me I got a seat just infront of the speaker in the Visitor's gallery.
My smile was endless for 5 minutes. I was not able to decide what to look. I could see Sumitra Mahajan. Then I noticed Oh! this is our PM Narendra Modi. Then the name chanting didn't stop. Ok, Advani Ji, Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Kharge, Scindhia, etc. Suddenly my smile stopped. I saw the speaker refused something to the opposition. Then few MP's of opposition entered the well and started shouting slogans. I think they wanted to raise the issue of Arun Jaitly's link in the DDCA issue. Slogans echoed, Vitta Mantri ko barkhast karo, Kya hua Zero Tolerance ka, Kya hua na khaunga na khaane doonga, Modiji ab jawab do, etc. My kids if you are reading this ask me the manner in which they were shouting. It was so managed and synchronous.
Kharge Ji and Sonia Gandhi were sitting and observing all the happening patiently. In between I saw Sonia Ji checking her smart phone and then keeping it inside her red purse. Speaker was stubborn she was reluctant to the shouting and asked the MP's to ask question according to the schedule. My heart became heavy and my smile vanished. I started wondering what is happening. How can our few MP's be so immature. Opposition is integral part of parliamentary procedure. But where is the rationale?
Finally it was time to bid goodbye with the unknown spark of coming back. While returning the words of Shanta Kumar Sir echoed in my mind. He said to me,"Kya karoge wahan ja kar, log chillate rehte hai. Sar me dard ho jaega". I had headache, as I was trying to make parallel attempt to listen to questions asked by MP's and answered by minister's and I was trying to ignore the disruption done by the opposition.
Lok Sabha as an experience was beyond words. 90% of the things which I experienced can't be summed up in words. It was inspirational, emotional, confusing, enlightening and so much more which is abstract. But yes, undoubtedly Narendra Modi Ji has got dressing sense and Arun Jaitley Ji was trying to ignore the demand of his resignation by reading some papers.
To my surprise Narendra Modi Ji did come.
Finally when I reached the tiring part was security check. When I saw the humongous pillars of the parliament gave me a tingling feeling. Continuous security check seemed to me as an endless journey in the desert. I was checked by not less than 11 men as far as I can recollect. May be it was the last day of the session and the visitor's gallery is overcrowded. Finally I reached my oasis i.e. Visitor's Gallery. With God favouring me I got a seat just infront of the speaker in the Visitor's gallery.
My smile was endless for 5 minutes. I was not able to decide what to look. I could see Sumitra Mahajan. Then I noticed Oh! this is our PM Narendra Modi. Then the name chanting didn't stop. Ok, Advani Ji, Sonia Gandhi, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Kharge, Scindhia, etc. Suddenly my smile stopped. I saw the speaker refused something to the opposition. Then few MP's of opposition entered the well and started shouting slogans. I think they wanted to raise the issue of Arun Jaitly's link in the DDCA issue. Slogans echoed, Vitta Mantri ko barkhast karo, Kya hua Zero Tolerance ka, Kya hua na khaunga na khaane doonga, Modiji ab jawab do, etc. My kids if you are reading this ask me the manner in which they were shouting. It was so managed and synchronous.
Kharge Ji and Sonia Gandhi were sitting and observing all the happening patiently. In between I saw Sonia Ji checking her smart phone and then keeping it inside her red purse. Speaker was stubborn she was reluctant to the shouting and asked the MP's to ask question according to the schedule. My heart became heavy and my smile vanished. I started wondering what is happening. How can our few MP's be so immature. Opposition is integral part of parliamentary procedure. But where is the rationale?
Finally it was time to bid goodbye with the unknown spark of coming back. While returning the words of Shanta Kumar Sir echoed in my mind. He said to me,"Kya karoge wahan ja kar, log chillate rehte hai. Sar me dard ho jaega". I had headache, as I was trying to make parallel attempt to listen to questions asked by MP's and answered by minister's and I was trying to ignore the disruption done by the opposition.
Lok Sabha as an experience was beyond words. 90% of the things which I experienced can't be summed up in words. It was inspirational, emotional, confusing, enlightening and so much more which is abstract. But yes, undoubtedly Narendra Modi Ji has got dressing sense and Arun Jaitley Ji was trying to ignore the demand of his resignation by reading some papers.
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