Shimla/Lucknow, Jan. 21 -- Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Wednesday asserted that in a democracy, people are supreme and all governing powers emanate from them. Addressing the valedictory session of the 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference in Lucknow, he said the accountability of the legislature to the public is the very soul of democratic governance.
Speaking on the theme "Accountability of the Legislature to the People," Pathania underlined that while the legislature, executive and judiciary are all answerable to citizens, the legislature holds a unique position as it directly represents the people. Law-making, policy formulation and oversight of the government, he said, place a special responsi...