To play its role well, BJP to train its first-time MLAs

CHANDIGARH: Having many first-timers among its 47 MLAs, BJP will train its legislators to play their role effectively in the government, apart from arranging guidance for them for the legislative work. In the past 10 years, the party could not send more than 4 MLAs to the Haryana assembly.
"Except around half-a-dozen MLAs, our remaining winners are first-timers.So the party will arrange training for their better understanding of the legislative work," said senior BJP leader Anil Vij on Wednesday.
Vij, five-time MLA from Ambala Cantonment, told TOI that the saffron party would also take help of experts to train its legislators. By taking such initiatives, BJP wants to perform better in its first solo innings of governance to ensure expansion of its base in the khapland.
Welcoming the move, a first-time MLA of the party Gian Chand Gupta said the initiative would make them aware about technical process of the assembly like calling-attention motion and tabling of bills in the house. "The training would ensure best performance of each of the elected representatives," maintained Gupta, who has got elected from Panchkula assembly segment.
Political analyst Jagdeep Chhokar, retired professor from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, said that all parties should train their MLAs for the legislative work. "In the absence of proper training, most of the MLAs think that there work is just to help the people in transfer-related works. Probably that's why even important bills are passed in the Haryana assembly in just one or two minutes. These days winning elections has become priority of politicians instead of good governance," said Chhokar.
He further said there was a need of political will for such initiatives, otherwise the legislators would just sleep in the seminars or workshops meant for enhancement of their legislative skills.