I don't intend to point fingers at anybody or do any mudslinging but i do have this peculiar observation: I can't seem to digest that a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) can go for a month long hiatus, come back and still get involved full time with some other work for a long period of time.
It just makes me ask: "Are our MPs so jobless ?"
Specifically this is about Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu (MP, Amritsar) who went on to a month long break for a Television reality show named Big Boss and even after coming out of it, he is busy with commentating duties for the India-England Cricket Series.
I understand that the Parliament session is to begin from 22nd but still is a incumbent Member of Parliament so free ? Aren't we still a developing country ? Isn't 30% of our people still below poverty line ? Don't we see a outcry of hopelessness towards our country everyday ?
And all such questions make me feel that our leaders certainly can't be that jobless, on the contrary there is so much that they can do, a lifetime might seem less.
With a country like ours where there is so much scope of work, improvement in almost all areas, one expects his/her elected representative to devote his/her full time to the duties bestowed upon by the Constitution. And even if there is some free time one would expect our leaders and people with such high stature to actually work, take some initiatives for the betterment of the people, their constituencies, and society in general.
Getting elected to such a high office certainly comes with a lot of responsibilities and power, but more importantly it gives them a big platform to do all they can for the best of our country. And taking such "breaks" doesn't seem to do our country any better.
It just makes me ask: "Are our MPs so jobless ?"
Specifically this is about Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu (MP, Amritsar) who went on to a month long break for a Television reality show named Big Boss and even after coming out of it, he is busy with commentating duties for the India-England Cricket Series.
I understand that the Parliament session is to begin from 22nd but still is a incumbent Member of Parliament so free ? Aren't we still a developing country ? Isn't 30% of our people still below poverty line ? Don't we see a outcry of hopelessness towards our country everyday ?
And all such questions make me feel that our leaders certainly can't be that jobless, on the contrary there is so much that they can do, a lifetime might seem less.
With a country like ours where there is so much scope of work, improvement in almost all areas, one expects his/her elected representative to devote his/her full time to the duties bestowed upon by the Constitution. And even if there is some free time one would expect our leaders and people with such high stature to actually work, take some initiatives for the betterment of the people, their constituencies, and society in general.
Getting elected to such a high office certainly comes with a lot of responsibilities and power, but more importantly it gives them a big platform to do all they can for the best of our country. And taking such "breaks" doesn't seem to do our country any better.
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