DECLINE IN THE POSITION OF PARLIAMENT

Topic Cover –BA Sem-III (Indian Constitution)

Submitted By

Dr. Jiwan Devi

Dept. of Political Science

HMV Jalandhar, Punjab, India

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INTRODUCTION

•  The position of Parliament has been a cornerstone of democratic governance.
• Recent trends indicate a notable decline in its influence and authority.
• This presentation will explore the factors contributing to this decline.
• The gradual decline of sittings of Parliament and attenuation of parliamentary authority may be attributed to frequent absenteeism, deterioration in the conduct and quality of members, poor levels of participation and the falling standards of debates and legislative business.

HISTORICAL CONCEPT

• Parliamentary systems were once seen as the epitome of representative democracy.
• Over the centuries, Parliaments have played crucial roles in shaping laws and policies.
• Understanding the historical significance provides insight into their current challenges.�

SHIFT TOWARDS EXECUTIVE POWER

• There has been a marked shift towards greater power concentration in the executive branch.
• This trend often undermines the checks and balances that Parliaments are supposed to uphold.
• As a result, the decision-making process increasingly sidelines parliamentary input.

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� DOMINAT POSITION OF THE CABINET

• All through the council of ministries responsible to the parliament because we have a adopted the parliament form of Government yet in reality the parliament has become a toy in the hands of council of minister.

DELEGATED LEGISLATION

• Delegated Legislation with the increase in the number of the function of a state ,a large number of a bill have to be passed by a parliament.
• Does it has become almost impossible for theParliament go to into the details of all such bill to be passed by it.
• Under this criticism the parliament assigns some of its legislative work to the council of minister .it is called delegated legislation.

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TENDENCY TO LEGISLATE THROUGH ORDINANCE

• According to article -123 of the Indian constitution when the union parliament is not in the section the President of India can Issue and ordnance but this power must be excised under exceptional circumstances and with utmost care .
• The power to issue and ordinance can be used in war condition or during certain serious condition.

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DOUBTS ABOUT THE NEUTRALITY OF THE SPEAKER

• The speaker of the lok sabha contribute a lot in the establishment of a prestigious position of the parliament.
• The lok Sabha also establish certain very healthy political communication but at the present many people doubt the integrity and impartiality of the speaker.
• They are the opinion that the speaker try to protect the interest of the

rulling party .

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PARLIAMENT IS IGNORED ON IMPORTANT ISSUES

• It is necessary to get the proverb of the parliament for the national policy formed by the council of minister .
• But in the actual position as an exist today it's that one of the important National issue of parliament is not sought and secured.

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� ABSENTEEISM OF THE MEMBER FROM THE HOUSE

It is necessary to have a fixed quorum in the order of legislate the meeting of the house but it has been seen that a chairman has to adjourn the meeting of the house for the lack of a fixed quorum .

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QUESTION OF THE DIGNITY AND DECORUM OF THE PARLIAMENT

• The tendency to create indiscipline in the house is on the increase day by day.
• In February 1981 there was on a cause of physical mishandling on the massive scale in lok sabha which is certainly lower the prestige of the house .
• The decisions are made by mutual discussion in the democratic part.

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DECLINE OF THE COMMITTEE SYSTEM

• The actual work of the houses done in the various community of the house this are the reason of death such community are also known as Mini-parliaments .
• But it is the matter of a common observation that the effectiveness of this community is one of the decrease and their role has become merely formal .
• Many such committees are not able to discharge duties .

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HUNG PARLIAMENT

• As a result of the election of 9th 10th 11 12 13 14 and 15 lok sabha huge parliament came into existence .
• In hung parliament no political party has sufficient majority to the form the government, so the Parliament needs to be dissolve at any time.

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MULTI-PARTY CHARACTER OF OPPOSITION

Strong opposition is essential for the effective position form of Case the opposition is weak the council of minister does not bother of the parliament in India there is multi party character of opposition.

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� REDUCTION IN THE SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT

• After 1971 there has been step decline in the sitting of the parliament it reduce the effectiveness of the parliament.
• As most of the issues are not properly issued in the parliament and sometimes even Major portion of the budget is passed without through discussion.

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DISAPPOINTING PERFORMANCE OF 15TH LOK SABHA

• The performance of 15th lok sabha remained most dispoint.
• For which the both the ruling at the opposition party could be held responsible the opposition had stalled the proceeding of the house due to various scam which were unearthed during the regime of UPA-2 government.
• But as a Whole the performance of 15th lok sabha was the lowest in the history of parliament democracy in India.

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CONCLUSION

• The decline in the position of Parliament presents significant challenges to democracy.
• Addressing these issues requires a concerted effort to restore public trust and relevance.
• Future reforms must focus on enhancing the role of Parliament in a changing political landscape.
• The decline in position of parliament we come to conclude that the process of decline set in earlier is continuing unabated. It is certainly an unfortunate situation.

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THANK YOU!