Make the MP's accountable

The priorities of the political parties leaves much to be desired.

Take the case of Tamil Nadu. All the MP's from Tamil Nadu, belonging to both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, have threatened to resign protesting against,

NOT the non availability of central power to mitigate the hardship caused to common man due to 9 hour power cut,

NOT the high levels of inflation which has made day to day life miserable for the ordinary people

NOT the poor allocation of funds for infrastructure development

NOT the failure of the Capital Markets that have wiped of 50% of the assets of the common investor

NOT the various measures of the Centre Government that affects the common man

BUT in support of the Srilankan Army's attack on Tamilians in Srilanka. Now, these Srilankan Tamilians are citizens of Srilanka and just as we object to Pakistan interfering in Ksahmir, any intervention in the Srilankan Tamils cause will be an interference in that countries internal affairs.

The MPs are elected by the TAMILIANS IN TAMIL NADU to address THEIR PROBLEMS. They have no right to RESIGN FROM THE HOUSE when the issue on hand is that of a foreign nation.

I am not saying that we, as a nation, should not take up the issue of the unfortunate tamil civilians in Srilanka. We definitely should, within the framework of international diplomatic rules, take up the issue either bilaterally or through a multilateral forum like UN.

But that doesn't give the TN political parties to adicate their responsibilities towards the common man of Tamil Nadu. There is a simple way to stop this nonsense. Derecognize all these parties. Also, any MP who resigns should be asked to reimburse all the benefits he has got as an MP till the last elections in which he/she was elected apart from asking to bear the expense for the bye election that is unwantedly burdened on the common man. Why should, you and me, the tax payers pay for these guy's lunacy and political opportunism?

It is time we make them understand the meaning of the word 'Accountability'