Ahead of the Winter Session, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has written a letter to all members, saying she expected "acceptable decorum" from them in the House as many times decency is thrown to the winds following difference of opinion over issues.
"In every aspect of life, everybody expects decent and moral behaviour from each other. As Speaker, can I expect that in Lok Sabha, which we call the temple of democracy, we all will show behaviour as per the acceptable decorum so that the prestige and purity is upheld," she said in the letter.
Her letter to the MPs comes amidst anticipation that the upcoming session of Parliament beginning on November 26 could be stormy as the opposition is planning to corner the government over various issues.
Mahajan said that it is not unusual to have differences of opinion in a democracy at any platform of ideas. "Upto this, it is fine. But at times, beyond the agreements and disagreements, decency is thrown to the winds which leads to a situation of deadlock.
"In that situation, there is a negative impact on all of us, on the entire country. A thought came to me that at least we should talk to each other and I should express my feelings to you," she wrote.
The last Monsoon session of Parliament was a complete washout as opposition and government locked horns after demands were made for removal of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over various controversies.
Amidst the bedlam, the Speaker had suspended 25 of the 44 members of opposition Congress for five days for disrupting the House.
