60 years of India's Parliament

Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday, 11 am.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari moves resolution to uphold and maintain the dignity of Parliament.

Asaduddin Owaisi: Muslim voices should be heard. We have immense confidence in Parliament. In the garb of secularism, don't disrupt our chances of coming to Parliament.

HD Kumaraswamy: The journey of the Indian Parliament has been historic. This is the home of an emergent new India. We need to celebrate great leaders and parliamentarians of India. Most of the basic principles lay totally unfilled. The quality of education at all levels has deteriorated. It is a moment of serious introspection.

E Ahmad: I am very happy to say that my party is committed to secular democracy. There is no place in democracy for violence or communal disharmony... we have immense diversity but are still held together... we must uphold unity in diversity. We must be proud of the fact that we are members of such a Parliament.

Gurudas Dasgupta: It is a year not only of celebration but of the introspection also. The people made it possible. We have to look back and think what we have done in the last 60 years. It's a great occasion, the largest democracy has travelled a long way. It was able to travel because the barriers were broken. We represent multi-polar political systems. It is not uni-polarity, neither is it multi-polarity. It is the pluralism that is the strength of the nation.

Lalu Prasad: I pay tribute to the Indian Parliament and the parliamentarians. All the people have come here to celebrate this precious occasion. There have been many ups and downs in these 60 years. We are rarely discussing about the problems of the nation. Let not anything divide us. Lokpal won't be able to do any good for the nation, it shouldn't become supreme. Only Parliament has the right to amend the Constitution.

LK Advani: It's India's speciality that that it has become a successful democracy. We are tolerant towards conflicting opinions and that is the reason for our success.

Sonia Gandhi: The integrity of Parliament must be protected and cannot be compromised. We shouldn't forget struggles of the past. People's power is felt constantly at highest powers of governance. India's Parliament elected by largest electorate of the world - has grown into great representative political institution.

Sharad Yadav: I don't agree that 60 years is less, it is long time for the survival of independence. It is a very old nation. There are pros and cons in every institution. I respect all the institutions which make the functioning of Parliament possible. We are ourselves responsible for the indifferences. We have unity in diversity, this can only happen in our country. In the country if we talk of society, there are many leaders who endorsed the societal equality.

Mayawati in Rajya Sabha: We have not been able to put an end to terrorism in our country. There is also the problem of Naxalism and we blame the Central government for that. Our party took some strong steps in this regard so there was no Naxal activity in UP. Terrorism is a big problem and our Parliament was also attacked. But there is politics both inside the House and outside it on the issue.

BJP's Arun Jaitley speaks in Rajya Sabha: Today it is a occasion to rejoice and prepare ourselves for challenge of future.  It is an imp occasion and we will give the people of India what they expect from ourselves.

Pranab Mukherjee: Parliament has acted as a great shock absorber. We have to stop House disruptions, and indulge in debates.

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