Goa, March 22 -- One reads the same story, day after day; Lok Sabha proceedings stalled. And no, not by the Opposition. The country is facing a unique situation where the ruling party MPs disrupt the budget session with no attempt from the party to discipline its MPs. The country appears to be in deep slumber; it may be too late, unless it wakes up now.
The ostensible cause is a speech at Cambridge University by Rahul Gandhi where he said, "Indian democracy is under pressure, is under attack. I am an Opposition leader in India and we are navigating that space. What is happening is that the institutional framework which is required for a democracy - Parliament, a free Press, the judiciary - just the idea of mobilisation, just the idea of mo...