A nation aspiring to be a "world leader" should debate on the welfare of its citizens rather than make Parliament a stage to exchange jeers and launch personal attacks on one another, the Supreme Court said in a judgment on Friday.DEMOCRACY IS IN DANGER , SAID THE BENCH .
To see Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies ridicule each other instead of engaging in constructive debates in Houses is hardly worthy of the claim that we are the oldest civilisation in the world with democracy.‘After 75 years of Independence, elected members are expected to show statesmanship and not brinkmanship’