The Parliament Members are provided certain powers,privileges and immunities vide Article 105 of the constitution.Some of these protections as mentioned below-
No member of Parliament is liable to any proceedings in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him in parliament or any committee there of.
No person is liable in respect of the publication by or under the orders of either House of Parliament of any report,paper,votes and proceedings.
No court shall look into the validity of its proceedings.
No Member of Parliament is answerable to any court for exercise of the powers vested in him under the Constitution.
Complete freedom of speech without restrictions applicable as in Article 19(1)(a).
These previleges are given to the Members of the Parliament of either house who are elected directly or indirectly based on adult frachise.In the system voters in India are deemed to be citizens of the country who are not less than18 years of age and not disqualified under the Constitution or any law made by the appropriate legislature or certain grounds like non-residence,unsoundness of mind,crime,illegal or corrupt practices,have right to be registered as voters in any election.Now a days voters in India ,by and large, are divided on the basis of caste ,creed or society which make them unsound and partial in electing their candidates.Some of them are influenced by a rate(price) to vote an allure by candidates in the fray which is certainly a crime and a corrupt activity.Hence these voters should be deemed to be as disqualified for voting and the members elected by these voters have no stature which should be that of the Members of Parliament who are elected without money,caste or muscle power. Hene these members of the Parliament have no right to claim dignity,protection ,protection and immunities which are embodied in the constitution.Like wise the Prime Minister who is the leader of the majority group /party and the other ministerial collegues who are picked up from the group have no right to protection which is entitled in the Constitution.
Considering the present scenario of elections to the Members of the parliament the hue and cry raised by certain political parties and government members of the Lokpal Bill drafting commity regarding the threat to parliamentary democracy and the Consitution of India by civil society members is not warrented.In fact the Members of the Prliament and ministers including Prime Minister are servants of the people and ought to work for the people and are to be guarded and corrected by a strong, impartial,rigid mechanism which should be seperated from executive like judiciairy.So the process of drafting a strong and stringent bill is the need of the day to tackle the monster of corrution which extended its clutches to the burocracy,,judiciary and politics.
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