Letters: Budget session

Apropos "MPs pad up to ensure fruitful Budget session" (February 22), the front page lead came as a balm for frayed nerves following news of the Kanhaiya Kumar sedition episode and Jat stir for reservation. It's high time our leaders realised that they should not bring Parliament to a halt by resorting to an obstructionist approach. Political differences will always be there, but we need maturity in the thinking of all parties. They must not oppose a bill just for the sake of opposing. Criticism and debate are an integral part of democracy, but there should be objectivity and a sense of right and wrong.

Some of the pending bills are crucial for the country's progress and do not harm any political party's interest. Most of these are broadly good for everyone and yet we have wasted valuable sessions refusing their passage, only because the party now in power had adopted the same attitude when they were in Opposition. This tit-for-tat game has caused incalculable damage to the nation and the people. Parties should have the sagacity to differentiate between national interest and politically motivated legislation.

Krishan Kalra Gurgaon

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