Soren and the Indian Constitution

Taken from the editorial of today's "The Hindu":

In the infamous JMM bribery case, four JMM MPs, including Mr. Soren, were prosecuted for receiving cash in return for bailing out the Narasimha Rao Government, which was in a minority and faced a no-confidence motion. Mr. Soren and his fellow bribe-takers were legally exonerated — because their collective act qualified as parliamentary privilege! The Supreme Court held that, under the Constitution, MPs who voted in Parliament after receiving bribes were entitled to immunity from prosecution.

Every Indian should be proud to swear allegiance to a country with such a meticulously thought-through briber-and-the-bribed-friendly constitution.

Jai Hind.