It has been observed, rather confessed by several Parliamentarians, that disruptions in Parliamentary proceedings have increased tremendously and quite frequently ever since cameras have entered to cover Parliamentary proceedings. It is a fact that various committees of Parliament function fairly smoothly with deliberate and serious discussions on various matters even though various political parties of differing ideologies are represented there also almost in same proportion as in two Houses of Parliament, only because cameras are not allowed in Parliamentary committees. It is also a common belief that members making noisy scenes take video-footage of such acts to their constituencies as a proof of being ‘active’ Parliamentarians. It is not proper that functioning of Parliament may be taken as some TV show to decide rating of ‘activeness’ of Parliamentarians.
It is time that a reverse experiment of disallowing any camera in two Houses of Parliament is done. If such an experiment gets success, then Parliamentary rules may be amended for banning cameras during proceedings of two Houses of Parliament.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Delhi