Parties Should Have Code Of Conduct For Their MPs: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday that political parties should have a code of conduct for their MPs in Parliament to monitor their behaviour and parties should include such a code in their election manifestos.

“I suggest that political parties should have a code of conduct for their MPs to monitor their behaviour,” Mr. Naidu told reporters at a get-together at the end of the Parliament session. Such a code of conduct should include stipulations that the members would not enter the well of the House, nor resort to sloganeering and disruptions or any other unruly behaviour such as tearing papers and throwing them in the House.

In an indirect response to the Trinamool Congress’s allegation that one out of four legislation passed in this session were anti-federal, Mr. Naidu said the key component of the federalism was also to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament.