India, Aug. 9 -- The word "parliament" traces its origin to the French word parler, which means "to speak'". In April, during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on increasing the number of Lok Sabha seats, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor highlighted the need to increase opportunities for interventions in Parliament. However, irrespective of the issue of numbers, enabling more focussed interventions by parliamentarians needs conscious efforts to reform the procedures of Parliament.

Public expectations from legislators mostly tend towards "getting things done", i.e., administration work - particularly at a constituency level. Limited attention is paid to the interventions they make on the floor of the House. Recently, during...