Working brief

Opposition parties frequently attract criticism for disrupting the business of Parliament on the most flimsy of pretexts. No one understands this better than Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury. Talking to reporters in his capacity as chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, he pointed out that members of Parliament actually do some work apart from stalling the proceedings of the House. He could afford to be gently ironical since he had just presented a voluminous three-part report on the state of Indias transport sector. Now, if only Yechurys other colleagues in the opposition bench followed his advice.