MPs should be role model in fulfilling constitutional duties:

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said parliamentarians should be a role model in fulfilling duties prescribed in the Constitution.

Underlining the importance of duties in the Constitution, Birla said if citizens turn away from duties and talk only of rights, it creates an imbalance which impedes development of the country.

Addressing members of both houses of Parliament in the Central Hall of Parliament on Constitution day, he said, "It is high time that all MPs should be a role model for the people not only in enjoying rights but also in fulfilling duties and also reminding others of the same.