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Byline: Jason Overdorf; With Sudip Mazumdar in Kolkata
New rules have exposed just how many thieves and murderers sit in India's Parliament.
Indian members of Parliament went home last week amid hoots and howls, derided as the sorriest lot ever to disgrace the halls of the world's largest democracy. The 14th Lok Sabha, or People's House, met for only 46 days in the past year--the fewest ever--because of disruptions caused by its many dubious members. One in 10 members didn't participate in a single debate. Eleven M.P.s were expelled for taking bribes. The coal minister was compelled to step down when he was convicted of murder (though he was later ...