36 statues in Parliament & counting Pallavi Ghosh CNN-IBN Posted Saturday , August 26, 2006 at 15:10
HOUSE STATUE: For a more than five-year-term in Parliament, all a statue needs is a sponsor.
New Delhi: Speaker Somnath Chatterjee says that statues are a reminder to Parliamentarians of the ideals of democracy and history and in keeping with his words, 36 statues are being erected in Parliament. The question is, do these mute statues make MPs behave or are they as helpless as the Speaker is to maintain decorum in the House? Winning a seat to Parliament may be tough, but for statues, it's becoming much easier to get in. To get a more than five-year-term in Parliament, all a statue needs to do is find a sponsor, usually a private trust. Even an MP would do. Two cases in point are the statues of Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekanand, which were inuagurated on Wednesday and sponsored by ex-MP L M Singhvi . And these are not all. There are more waiting statues waiting for a coveted place in Parliament.
New Delhi: Speaker Somnath Chatterjee says that statues are a reminder to Parliamentarians of the ideals of democracy and history and in keeping with his words, 36 statues are being erected in Parliament. The question is, do these mute statues make MPs behave or are they as helpless as the Speaker is to maintain decorum in the House? Winning a seat to Parliament may be tough, but for statues, it's becoming much easier to get in. To get a more than five-year-term in Parliament, all a statue needs to do is find a sponsor, usually a private trust. Even an MP would do. Two cases in point are the statues of Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekanand, which were inuagurated on Wednesday and sponsored by ex-MP L M Singhvi . And these are not all. There are more waiting statues waiting for a coveted place in Parliament.
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