NEW DELHI: Against the backdrop of Parliament witnessing poor productivity due to disruptions, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday called for accountability of lawmakers and said people would force them to think why they were sent to Parliament.
He said for any democracy to succeed, expression and dialogue must go hand in hand with great responsibility on both sides. Calling for accountability among parliamentarians, he said, “Make no mistake, I am referring to parliamentarians. People have learned to take disorder as order. There is no sense of revulsion.”
Addressing awardees of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Awards, he said agriculture was the spine of rural development. For India to be a developed nation by 2047, people’s income must increase eightfold that, he said, was a “daunting challenge”.