This sweetener can be bitter
It was not a pretty sight, SP MPs raising slogans noisily in the Rajya Sabha as an increasingly agitated Speaker tried to reason with them. But then, given the volatility of our elected representatives, the fact that the quotas in promotions bill should excite such passions came as no surprise. The bill is scheduled to be put to the vote on Monday but already we have seen the pressure that both the central government and the UP government are facing on this issue.