They actually set a date for the session which honestly feels surreal after all the silence and blank stares we got for so long. I am sitting here staring at the screen processing that we really forced their hand but now the actual work of keeping them honest starts immediately …
September 20, 2020
Final supporters
Greetings,
Literally every major democracy in the world has convened its Parliament through the Covid-19 crisis. Except India.
Any decision making process must involve ALL stakeholders and representatives of the people. In India, the Modi government has made a concerted effort to bypass the Opposition and rule with a decree.
While the last Parliament session was kept ongoing till the day of the lockdown, the Modi government sneakily passed ordinances related to PM CARES, taxation, Covid-19 and other issues bypassing Parliament. These ordinances could very well have been introduced in Parliament as Bills a week earlier.
Even during the migrant crisis, the Modi govt refused to allow the Opposition and the Parliament to discuss the issue & solve it. This resulted in the unfortunate deaths and starvation of thousands of Indians.
Along with the pandemic, we now have a major conflict happening on our borders. And yet, there has been nothing but lies & obfuscation coming from the government. The Parliament has been kept out of the loop entirely to ensure that there is ZERO accountability.
We NEED to have the Parliament gather together and find solutions to these problems. We NEED the Modi govt. to be accountable to fellow Indians and their representatives. We are NOT a dictatorship and we cannot allow our democracy to be muzzled in this manner.
Without Parliament, the Modi govt will keep passing ordinances (without debates) and further try to make laws bypassing the system. This is extremely dangerous. And that is precisely why the govt is avoiding a Parliament session.
And remember - we want a REAL Parliament session & NOT a virtual one. The Modi govt has been pushing for a virtual session so that they can mute the microphones of Opposition leaders every time an inconvenient question is raised. Virtual Parliament is merely an excuse to throttle non-BJP voices by muting them.
There's enough space for Parliament to convene with social distancing. If there's a lack of space, convene the Parliament inside a specially-converted stadium.
Please help prevent our country sliding further into dictatorship and ensure that the govt is accountable to the people.
I request all of you to sign this petition & share it with everyone you know demanding that the Parliament be convened immediately and that the voice of the people and the Opposition is heard during this time of crisis.
Updates
June 25, 2020
A hundred people have already signed this and honestly I did not think it would move past my own friends group so quickly. It is bizarre to think there are strangers out there who are just as annoyed by these ordinances as I am because it feels like I have been yelling into a void for weeks now.
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020
I was just checking the screen and honestly it feels surreal to see so many people actually caring about this stuff because for a while I felt like I was shouting into a void about the lack of accountability. It is wild that we have this much momentum now and I keep thinking about how different things could be if we actually had a functioning parliament to handle these crises unlike this current silence.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2020
685 Comments
We take pride in being a parliamentary form of government, led majorly by representatives directly elected by people. As the country faces a pandemic with the end nowhere in sight, convening the parliament three months into the emergency is the least they can do for democracy.
The MPs can't run away from their set of duties of serving the citizens of the country. Keeping social distancing in mind, with the unlock situation the parliament can be setup & healthy debates amidst the pandemic are possible.
It is absolutely imperative for the parliament to work like every other Govt ministry is running. There is a very big threat to democracy, in the way that all the checking/auditing institutions are being compromised/ circumvented. Not acceptable
If Rath Yatra can go ahead, so can Parliament. We DO NOT want a virtual Parliament where mics of Opposition can be conveniently muted. We need an actual Parliament session. There's enough space in Sansad Bhavan. Even a stadium can be converted into a temporary Parliament.
Parliament needs to function properly, we the people of this country need answers from the government on current affairs mainly the Chinese intrusion and on the Covid 19 pandemic, lost jobs, economy falling down, people committing suicides.
Yes, democracy exist in India not dictatorship
It's a great opportunity for me to get important information
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They actually set a date for the session which honestly feels surreal after all the silence and blank stares we got for so long. I am sitting here staring at the screen processing that we really forced their hand but now the actual work of keeping them honest starts immediately …
September 20, 2020
Final supporters
Greetings,
Literally every major democracy in the world has convened its Parliament through the Covid-19 crisis. Except India.
Any decision making process must involve ALL stakeholders and representatives of the people. In India, the Modi government has made a concerted effort to bypass the Opposition and rule with a decree.
While the last Parliament session was kept ongoing till the day of the lockdown, the Modi government sneakily passed ordinances related to PM CARES, taxation, Covid-19 and other issues bypassing Parliament. These ordinances could very well have been introduced in Parliament as Bills a week earlier.
Even during the migrant crisis, the Modi govt refused to allow the Opposition and the Parliament to discuss the issue & solve it. This resulted in the unfortunate deaths and starvation of thousands of Indians.
Along with the pandemic, we now have a major conflict happening on our borders. And yet, there has been nothing but lies & obfuscation coming from the government. The Parliament has been kept out of the loop entirely to ensure that there is ZERO accountability.
We NEED to have the Parliament gather together and find solutions to these problems. We NEED the Modi govt. to be accountable to fellow Indians and their representatives. We are NOT a dictatorship and we cannot allow our democracy to be muzzled in this manner.
Without Parliament, the Modi govt will keep passing ordinances (without debates) and further try to make laws bypassing the system. This is extremely dangerous. And that is precisely why the govt is avoiding a Parliament session.
And remember - we want a REAL Parliament session & NOT a virtual one. The Modi govt has been pushing for a virtual session so that they can mute the microphones of Opposition leaders every time an inconvenient question is raised. Virtual Parliament is merely an excuse to throttle non-BJP voices by muting them.
There's enough space for Parliament to convene with social distancing. If there's a lack of space, convene the Parliament inside a specially-converted stadium.
Please help prevent our country sliding further into dictatorship and ensure that the govt is accountable to the people.
I request all of you to sign this petition & share it with everyone you know demanding that the Parliament be convened immediately and that the voice of the people and the Opposition is heard during this time of crisis.
Updates
June 25, 2020
A hundred people have already signed this and honestly I did not think it would move past my own friends group so quickly. It is bizarre to think there are strangers out there who are just as annoyed by these ordinances as I am because it feels like I have been yelling into a void for weeks now.
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 24, 2020
June 24, 2020
I was just checking the screen and honestly it feels surreal to see so many people actually caring about this stuff because for a while I felt like I was shouting into a void about the lack of accountability. It is wild that we have this much momentum now and I keep thinking about how different things could be if we actually had a functioning parliament to handle these crises unlike this current silence.
Reached 100 supporters
June 24, 2020
685 Comments
Instead of political bickering on social media and TV debates, the need of the hour is that of a parliamentary discourse and transparent information exchange, such that a positive way forward can be worked out ...
We take pride in being a parliamentary form of government, led majorly by representatives directly elected by people. As the country faces a pandemic with the end nowhere in sight, convening the parliament three months into the emergency is the least they can do for democracy.
The MPs can't run away from their set of duties of serving the citizens of the country. Keeping social distancing in mind, with the unlock situation the parliament can be setup & healthy debates amidst the pandemic are possible.
It is absolutely imperative for the parliament to work like every other Govt ministry is running. There is a very big threat to democracy, in the way that all the checking/auditing institutions are being compromised/ circumvented. Not acceptable
If Rath Yatra can go ahead, so can Parliament. We DO NOT want a virtual Parliament where mics of Opposition can be conveniently muted. We need an actual Parliament session. There's enough space in Sansad Bhavan. Even a stadium can be converted into a temporary Parliament.
Parliament needs to function properly, we the people of this country need answers from the government on current affairs mainly the Chinese intrusion and on the Covid 19 pandemic, lost jobs, economy falling down, people committing suicides.
Yes, democracy exist in India not dictatorship
It's a great opportunity for me to get important information
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