NEW DELHI, Dec. 25 -- In our Parliamentary system of government, the Prime Minister is the Head of the Government. He is the leader of the House of the People (Lok Sabha). Article 75(3) of the Constitution says that "the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People." Article 75(2) ensures the individual responsibility of a minister. Thus, the Ministers and the Prime Minister are individually and collectively answerable for their acts of omission and commission to the Lok Sabha that represents the people's sovereign will.

On 13 December 2023, the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 terror attack on the Parliament, two men, Sagar Sharma and D. Manoranjan, entered the Lok Sabha, jumped down into the Central Ha...