India, Aug. 16 -- Rahul Gandhi prefers extra-parliamentary method to challenge government, shuns debate on floor of the House. Alarming statement was made by him at the Rachnatmak Congress meet.

As we celebrate 80th Independence Day in the 77th year of our Republic, the bulwark of Parliamentary Democracy seems imperilled. Disruption of Parliamentary proceedings have become a routine feature since the late 1980s. Never before has Parliament been so toxic as witnessed during the Monsoon Session which ended on 13 August, almost abruptly, as both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on the last day of the Session sans any business being transacted that day. Addressing a meeting of Congress Rachnatmak (creative) department at the...