No work no pay policy should be

implemented for Parliamentarians!

The Winter Session of Parliament has continually and
incessantly been disrupted over demonetization, with no
work being done at all. There has been no business in there
except hurling allegations and shaky comments at each
other. And, these are the people making the most of money,
legit or not.

It was proposed last year by aviation ministry and people

wholeheartedly supported the policy of no work no pay to be
implemented for parliamentarians. This would help them
keep calm if not anything else. The whole of the nation
functions on this basis. Why should it be any different for
politicians?

Agreed

1. Wasted time isn’t coming back: Lok Sabha wasted a total

of 92 hours and functioned to some extent only for 19 hours.
Rajya Sabha saw a waste of 86 hours and did some work for
only 22 hours. How many of the other jobs would give you a
paid wasted hour of this extent? None it is. These are the
people who are running the nation and this is how much they
value time.

2. Public’s money: They are paid from our money, the taxes

we pay on every single entity goes on to add to their
luxurious no work yet ludicrously paid system. It is about
time we start giving importance to our much hard earned
money and put a stop to this nonsensical waste of work hour
at the parliament on every single issue. If there is a problem,
these are the people that are paid to sit down and come to a
conclusion instead of playing political games.

3. If one can, so can all: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Baijyant

Panda recently announced that he would be returning the
salary proportional to the time wasted in Parliament. The
move garnered praise and is well received by people. If one
can initiate for the better future of our nation, it is about
time we make this into a policy for the others to abide by it
too.

4. Hurling absurdities is no work: Name calling, protesting

to the extent that no one else is able to put forth their
views, throwing chairs, coming naked to the session and
what not. You name them and our parliamentarians have
done that. They obviously believe that this is also some sort
of work while complaining that the other party isn’t letting
them work.

5. It won’t stop for anything else: There have been various

appeals by President and other prominent leaders that
disruption shouldn’t be tolerated but our politicians are good
at turning a deaf ear whenever possible. If not for this
policy, there is nothing else that will end this system of
disrupting parliament to the extent that nothing productive
is done in the entire session.
6. Our Representatives: These are people who have been
voted and sent as representatives to discuss the various
problems faced by our nation and to come to a conclusion
on it. Unfortunately, the only thing they do is quarrel about it
to prove how the other party is wrong or take a good nap
unless the session is over and they can go home to collect
their lavish package at the start of the month.

Disagreed

1. They are meant to debate: When you have a system

where opposition has the role of keeping the ruling
government in check, debates are bound to happen. When
you choose MPs and MLAs who are unqualified and
uncultured enough to go to the lowest extent of hurling
allegations and disrupting the whole house, this is what you
asked for. There is no changing that, not even with the ‘no
work no pay’ policy.

2. Because they all want to work: The most prominent of

complaints they make is that while they are absolutely dying
to work, it is the other party that doesn’t want them to work
and is creating hurdles, tempting them to indulge in brawl,
and what not. It will be difficult to determine who is and who
isn’t there is to work. Some of the really sincere people will
also become a part of this since no work will be done if
some of them lead to disruptive measures.

3. Dominating: No work no pay would make the ruling

government dictatorial. They would threaten the opposition
with this weapon and wouldn’t allow them to make any sort
of protest over the bills they want to pass. Demonetization,
for instance, is a real issue that is the getting the much
required protest. Keeping calm about it would be like
overlooking the worries of common people.

No work no pay seems like the most rational solution to end

wastage of parliament sessions at the hands of MPs who
would protest at every measure the government takes. They
feel like it’s their job to hurl allegations at the ruling party no
matter what. Disrupted sessions are a big loss and the only
way to tackle it is the no work no pay policy.