ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA
HELD
A two-day Orientation Programme for
newly-elected members of Rajya Sabha was organized on 27-28 April,
2002. Apart from delineating the role of Rajya Sabha in Indian
politics, the topics which were covered in the Programme, by a
large, related to the procedural matters, like raising maters
of public importance through Questions and other devices, law-making
process, committee system, role of the Leaders of the House, the
Leader of the Opposition, do's and don'ts for members, parliamentary
privileges, ethics in politics and Members of Parliament Local
Area Development Scheme, on which the experienced and eminent
speakers shared their views with the participating members. It
was emphasized by the speakers that political parties may have
mutually conflicting ideas, they may pursue different ideologies
but they should all be very keen on having orderly and peaceful
debates in the House. They should also have fast access to relevant
factual information to carry out their job as efficient legislators.
The eminent panelists who spoke to the new members in the Orientation
Programme were Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Shri
Nilotpal Basu, Shri I.K. Gujral, Shri P. Shiv Shanker, Shri Ranganath
Misra, Shri Fali S. Nariman, Shri H.R. Bhardwaj, Dr. L.M. Singhvi
and Shri Shivraj V. Patil.
