Book of Integration Council New - Ministry of Home Affairs

which certain religionists and certain communities treat their less fortunate brethern. The
fact that many people in this country have embraced Christianity is due partly to the
status that it gave to them and then he continued why should we forget the particular fact
an untouchable who becomes a Christian, becomes an equal in every matter, alongwith
the high caste Hindu and if we remove the need to obtain that particular advantage, that
he might properly get, it is undoubtedly a very important advantage, apart from the fact
that he has faith in the religion itself, well the incentive for anybody to become a
Christian, will probably not exist. Kindly ponder over this. A Hindu said this. Now,
this is the sort of society that we were all really and I think what is totally lacking is a
broader education, which I would request hon’ble distinguished member on the dias,
the Minister of Human Resource to please contemplate, we are lacking in all this because
I think a lack of proper education, not literacy, a proper education. And secondly
sir I believe that the trend we are today seeing is a reflection on what our representatives
do in Parliament. Please remember that, when I had the privilege of being six years
in the Upper House and I had a privilege of seeing the present hon’ble Prime Minister
as leader of the opposition. I had the privilege of the seeing Mr. Jaswant Singh as the
leader of the house. I have never seen each of these individuals, ever, ever, despite all
the disruption, ever either raising their voice, going into the well of the house or
refusing the house to function. They belong to two different parties, two antagonistic
parties. Why can’t all their followers do the same. I always said and I don’t understand,
why, why, disrupt house, why disrupt proceedings and this really is the root
cause because when you say the irresponsible press somebody said irresponsible. I
don’t think the press is irresponsible, we are irresponsible. Don’t call the media irresponsible,
we propogate all this when we shout etc. and so on, that’s why the media
pick it up, why should not they. It is meant for them to pick it up. It is we who
should restrain us. We call us the representatives of the people. Very distinguished, we
get all the perks, all the privilege. We still enjoy them when we retire and yet this is the
way, we behave and we should all be ashamed of ourselves, all members of parliament,
past and present. I am very sorry. We should all join and see that parliament
continues to function and that’s a very very important thing and I regret to say every
time Parliament is summoned, hardly anything is done. In two successive parliaments,
I still remember, Sir, in two successive years, I found that the finance bill where
all of us wanted to speak, many of us, was passed in two minutes, two minutes.
When all of us wanted to speak, what for, because there was too much noise. People
would not let Parliament function. If you don’t let Parliament function, you will not let
the country function. I regret to say. You must allow Parliament to function. We must
all do this, we took an oath, when Mr. Gujral was prime minister, but what happened.
Nothing happened to that oath & I feel very very upset sir as the citizen of this
country. It is such a fantastic country and today please remember the baton is
passing to Asia, financial world is passing to Asia, the political world is passing to
Asia and yet we are behaving as if we are still an uncivilized law. Education is
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