The purpose of electing the people's representative

The purpose of electing the people's representative in law making bodies like Parliament defeats by people themselves.

"Do the lawmakers we have just elected truly represent us? Nominally yes, but in reality they cannot really speak for their constituents or vote their consciences. M.R. Madhavan, President of PRS Legislative Research, told me the single biggest issue is the anti-defection law: “Once you have voted for the person, the MP has zero agency in representing you.” Why is this so?

Madhavan suggests either repealing the anti-defection law, or restricting it to no-confidence motions or crucial votes where the stability of the government is at stake – and removing the Rajya Sabha from its purview. Will Modi make parliament truly democratic?" 

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Prof CV Raman's Thoughts on Science Policy Development and Free Markets on Post Independent India

For the last 4 and half years, I have not written anything due to community development works by heading the NGO.

Before leaving Delhi in public policy works, I have written a article after many years of research about Prof C V.Raman's Science Policy and free Market Economic Thoughts in Independent India.

This article was published in The Swarajya Magazine on 23rd March, 2019.

Main argument of Prof CV Raman is given below for ready reference:

Raman wrote quite startlingly in an article published in Indian Express’s Special Issue for August 15, 1952 that 

“there is a school of thought in our country which regards the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as an example to be quoted and followed on all matters. There is another school which thought not of the same persuasion, is nevertheless largely inclined that way and believes in leveling down as well as leveling up as the pathway to liberty, equality and fraternity, and would label as reactionaries all those who are not prepared to line up with them. Looking round and sizing up the situation, it seems to me that the real changer before our country in the days to come is the crushing down of individual freedom and initiatives by the steam of roller of government authority. Already, we see indications of this in the popularity of legislative measures having an expropriatory character and the passage of taxation and other bills calculated to kill private enterprise in the field of industrial development. To those who have no faith in personal liberty or personal initiative…the way of maximum freedom of the individual is also the way to the maximum prosperity of people. Indeed, democracy without freedom for the individual is a sham and a delusion…nothing in our present set-up in India disturbs me more profoundly than the manner in which the plea of communal justice is allowed to suppressed individuals of particular communities”.