Abolish upper houses in parliament and state legislatures

The parliamentary system in India, particularly the provision of two houses in Parliament and state legislatures follows the British Parliamentary system.

In Britain, apart from democratic traditions, there is system of knighthood. They have lords, dukes, barons. The House of commons consists of members directly elected by people. They represent the common people and so the house consisting of such members is called House of commons. On the other hand, the House of Lords consists of the distinguished members vested with knighthood by the monarch. Thus democracy and feudal lordship both find place in British parliament.

However, we are fully democratic and we do not need to accommodate any lords, dukes etc. The Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishads are thus superfluous and serve no purpose other than delaying or defeating peoples' mandate. Moreover, these upper houses have become a refuge for defeated and unpopular stalwarts of ruling parties. Thus these are not representative bodies but dust bin containing defeated and unpopular politicians, money bags and mafia. These do not in any way add shine to our parliamentary system. These are a drag on exchequer. It is high time that the Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Parishads be abolished. I request for members' views