Law-Making : Who Are Stake-Holders?

Who are the stake-holders with whom legislative bills must be discussed,Mr. Ashwani Kumar?

The Honourable Minister for Parliamentary Affairs was ticking off the upstart Anna Hazare for ‘resorting to fast unto death at the drop of a hat’.

Anna was behaving like a stubborn child who’ll settle for nothing less than a lollipop NOW! He must understand that "law making is not at will. Law making is a functioning of a process".

Anna , beta , remember that the Lokpal Bill has been in the making for over four decades now. Why, even the Women’s Reservation Bill has been in the making for ten years or more! It’s not like making a will, you see; more like making up the will of an entire parliament. Some Bills are easy… can be passed , say 20 bills in 14 minutes. But a Lokpal Bill… has to be pally enough for “ stake-holders, assimilate everybody's view”

Now, that is a big thing.The people of India ,including Anna, Shanti Bhushan must be mindful of the interests of the stake-holders :the PM and the Justices of the Highest Courts of Law, not to mention sundry powerful businessmen and politicians must have a pally Lokpal Bill. In a parliamentary democracy since the persons holding such positions and powers keep changing the views of the stake-holders keep changing. See, how difficult it is to ascertain and assimilate the views and process the Bill.

For God’s sake, Anna, realise that all one hundred crore people can not be stake-holders, and can not be consulted; even their self-appointed representatives such as you may have to be ignored. Let us agree: we won’t drop the hat anymore, and you don’t go on a fast.

Good Boy . For God’s sake hold your tongue and leave us to work for the stake-holders.Engage yourself better. For instance,you may learn a lot by looking at Gandhi’s minted face that patiently waits for so much change to happen.