Hey, the Indian parliament is shrinking. have you noticed?
let me see...
The last nomination for the reserved seat of Anglo Indian MLA took place hours before the January 25 deadline, scrapping the reservation of Anglo-Indian representatives to legislative assemblies and parliament dawned.
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To deprive Anglo-Indians of their representation was on the BJP agenda, and the community leaders sensed that something was amiss, when after the 2019 elections, the government never got around to nominating an Anglo-Indian representative.
Of course, Modi (or his advisors) knew two things. First: the Anglo-Indian community isn't as commercially well off as the Parsi community, and the Anglo-Indian population, [a few lakhs], is widely dispersed across India. Second: no major opposition parties, including the Congress were likely to kick up a fuss about the Anglo-Indian seats being abolished.
Well, true to the script, nobody spoke up. The community leaders, did approach the law minister and others for 'discussions'. They were told that the government would look into the matter 'at a later date'. That date never arrived.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have grown smaller, a tad shrunken, and less representative of India's diversity.
I wonder if you've noticed.
Author: Frank Krishner
let me see...
The last nomination for the reserved seat of Anglo Indian MLA took place hours before the January 25 deadline, scrapping the reservation of Anglo-Indian representatives to legislative assemblies and parliament dawned.
Read these details
To deprive Anglo-Indians of their representation was on the BJP agenda, and the community leaders sensed that something was amiss, when after the 2019 elections, the government never got around to nominating an Anglo-Indian representative.
Of course, Modi (or his advisors) knew two things. First: the Anglo-Indian community isn't as commercially well off as the Parsi community, and the Anglo-Indian population, [a few lakhs], is widely dispersed across India. Second: no major opposition parties, including the Congress were likely to kick up a fuss about the Anglo-Indian seats being abolished.
Well, true to the script, nobody spoke up. The community leaders, did approach the law minister and others for 'discussions'. They were told that the government would look into the matter 'at a later date'. That date never arrived.
The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have grown smaller, a tad shrunken, and less representative of India's diversity.
I wonder if you've noticed.
Author: Frank Krishner
