A lot is being discussed in the media about the pros and cons of the 123 agreement and the resulting impact of the Hyde Act on India's possible future option to test.
Whatever is the outcome of th current rambling, I am happy to see Parliament after so many decades has finally started taking back whatever it lost to the executive.
Ideology or political posturing. Call it whatever you want. The current impasse in Parliament is a welcome break from the monotony of foreign and defense policy agreements and treaties sailing through the cabinet without ever reaching Parliament for approval or discussion.
Parliament should not simply approve money bills, amendments and budgets. They should increasingly question the executive in all areas of their operations. Even in those areas where Parliament was not involved before.
Parliament should take suo moto action wherever it feels that the executive is simply having too much of a free hand. This includes a lot of foreign policy areas sans Pakistan and the South Asian neighborhood which anyways find their way into Parliamentary discussions owing to their regional political connections.
Parliament should go into the DRDO's financing and operations, given that all these years tax payers money is being pumped into this white elephant without Parliamentary oversight.
How about pulling up the external intelligence agency (RAW) and questioning its operations or lack of it. I am surprised Parliament did not summon officers of this organization when a major spy leak was revealed much to the government's embarrassment. RAW was not created by an act of Parliament which should not stop it from being answerable to the legislature.
I am not a political left person. I am more right off center. However, the present stand taken by the left in Parliament is a good one. And I hope the BJP too is able to drive home their point without sounding too political or vindictive.
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