Recent SC judgment → Election Commission would be appointed on the recommendation of a committee consisting of PM, Home Minister, Leader of Opposition & LoP Sahata and Chief Justice India

Further steps required • Election Commission should be given power to derecognise the political parties for unethical activities • Legal mandate to Model Code of Conduct and power to EC to enforce it. • Pone of EC in lieu instances of hate speech, fomenting communal tensions • Election Commission should be given power of disqualification under Anti-defection law. • SC should direct that political parties disclose their electoral contribution through elected bonds to election commission. As these steps can go a long way in ensuring fair and upholding democratic values.

Question how zero hours debate to discussion Motion & resolution No-confidence motion Article 75 → collective responsibility of executive to parliament Through enactment of budget Like public accounts committee, estimates committee CAG → agent of parliament as guardian of public purse Declining role of Parliament to keep check On executive

Declare in number of sittings of parliament. → Declare in referring of bills to parliamentary committee [only 11.7. in 14th lok Sabha ] → Anti defection law prevents individual legislated to gain their opinions and grievances. → Increase in subordinate legislation → Passage of bills as money bills thus undermining Rajya Sabha [Article 109]. Another Bill → Increased use of ordinance (via Article 123) to bypass parliamentary scrutiny for controversial items (eg. NCT of Delhi Amendment Bill) → More disruptions and unparliamentary scheme → declining productivity of parliament

— Nidhi Goyal · AIR 91