But more than that I question the very uprightness of a 'whip' issued by any party for that matter on any issue. A whip is a dictatorial tool of the party high command which in principle claims to believe in democracy, but in practice , by using the whip defeats that very purpose. If any MP strongly feels for an issue, so be it. Tommorow, going by the same logic, why should not the Govt. impose emergency just because it feels the people are going to vote it out in the next election ? So 'charity begins at home'. Let all parties abolish 'whip' and then it will bring a sense of democracy within the party and hence in the country.
