CutTheClutter: Why we should listen to VP Jagdeep Dhankhar’s critique of the whip system in Parliament

It’s time to listen to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. He has raised a very good point at a vital juncture in our history. If parties started allowing people to speak and vote on important issues at least on some issues, not all, at least on some issues without the fear of anti-defection law, our Parliament will get both better and more productive. So will Indian politics where the greatest shame now is the total absence of inner party democracy. Watch Episode 1596 of #CutTheClutter, where ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why the VP’s remarks against the parliamentary whip system must be heeded by the powers that be.