NEW DELHI – India’s 15th Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) passed into history ignominiously this month, following the least productive five years of any Indian parliament in six decades of functioning democracy. With entire sessions lost to opposition disruptions, and with frequent adjournments depriving legislators of time for deliberation, the MPs elected in May 2009 passed fewer bills and spent fewer hours in debate than any of their predecessors.
新德里—本月，印度第十五届人民会（议会下院）带着耻辱成为了历史，在印度成为民主国家六十年以来，这一届议会（任期五年）是成就最低的一届。整个五年都迷失在反对的干扰中，频繁的休会让立法者没有时间深思熟虑，2009年5月选出的这一届议员们花在立法讨论的时间比任何一届前任都要少，通过的法案数量也更少。