Dehradun, March 10 -- Has the opposition, particularly the Congress, lost any hope of making it to power? Is this why it is deliberately violating parliamentary norms to express its angst? Has all faith been lost in democratic functioning and is the unleashing of anarchy the planned route to power, as happened in Bangladesh and Nepal? Will the attempt to destroy the credibility of constitutional institutions by disrespecting established norms and procedures earn the support of the people? This behaviour is much like the blame being cast on "India's hold over the ICC" by the teams in the T20 World Cup for their losses.

Monday witnessed chaos being unleashed in the Lok Sabha by the opposition on the West Asia conflict, disregarding its own m...