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Do not dissent at the cost of discourse, Pratibha Patil tells parliamentarians | President Pratibha Patil on Monday urged the parliamentarians
not voice their dissent at the cost of serious debate and legislation, while asking
them to keep themselves alive to latest developments in technology and information
explosion while formulating laws. In her farewell speech to parliamentarians here,
Patil pointed out that diverse political thinking is a part of any legislature,
more so in India . “Naturally, there will be arguments in the process of the search
for answers, but it should never happen that in the din we loose our way forward.
At the end of the day, the worth, value and respect of a legislature, is judged
by its output in terms of serious debate and legislations,” the outgoing president
said. The first woman president of the country also pointed out that in the last
two decades, there have been changes "such as information explosion, technological
innovations, increasing economic prosperity, growing materialism and in its midst
the danger of losing values". Patil maintained that governments and legislatures
need to reflect on these fundamental changes. “If unnoticed, our systems and institutions
could be out-of-size and out-of-time. Therefore, deep thought should be given
by honourable members to how our institutions, our administrative practices, legislatures
and legal processes, can fulfil these growing demands and responsibilities effectively,”
she added. Patil's tenure has seen the washout of the entire Winter Session of
parliament in 2010 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National democratic
Alliance (NDA) insisted on formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe
the 2G-spectrum scam. Patil will address the nation tomorrow on the eve of demitting
office. The address will be telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi
followed by English from 7 p.m. onwards. The address will also be broadcast over
all channels of All India Radio (AIR) in Hindi followed by English from 7 p.m.
onwards. In addition, All India Radio will broadcast the regional language versions
of the address over its regional channels from 9.30 p.m. onwards.
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