Disruptions of House proceedings have no role in a parliamentary democracy, President Pranab Mukherjee said as he appealed to leaders across political parties to "debate, discuss, and dissent," but not disrupt transaction of legislative business.

He reminded elected representatives that they had got their job thanks to citizens who voted them in and that it was unfair to the people if law-makers don't discharge their responsibility. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.