As soon as they announced the arrival of the president, all the ‘legislators’ stood in sheer respect. The ‘Lok Sabha’ session started after the presidential address and the national anthem. Unlike what we often see in the Parliament, members of the model Lok Sabha followed the protocol and behaved as per the book.

At the intercollegiate Model Lok Sabha - 2007 competition at State Youth Centre, in Bangalore on Monday, students of various colleges in the City demonstrated their understanding of law, parliamentary code of conduct and current political scenario with finesse.

The participants were marked on their mannerisms, such as their behaviour at the arrival and departure of the president, presidential address, question hour, motion of thanks to president address etc.

The two-day event has been organised by Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

The ‘legislators’ raised some key contemporary issues during the question hour, like the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament, naxalism etc. Students from Mount Carmel College, Government Arts College, St Annes Girls’ College and Surana College participated in the event on Monday, while those from KLE Law College, V V Puram Law College, Vivekananda Law College and CMR Law College will take part toady.
Almost all participants felt that though it’s easy to mock at the parliamentarians, following the order and discipline of the parliament is not really a cake walk, said Ritika, an undergraduate from Mount Carmel College and the ‘speaker’ of the mock Lok Sabha. Chaitanyesh D R, a journalism student from Surana College, said while preparing for the event they realised how difficult it is to answer questions raised in the question hour and to follow the code of conduct.

Momuniraju, a student of the Government Arts College said that well behaved youngsters, with a good understanding of law can make better parliamentarians. However, Padmashree S of St Annes Girls’ College felt that there should be more discipline in the parliament.