Cash for Questions controversy

I read this aricle in Businessworld whick kinda caught me unawares.Recently there was this "Money for Questions" scandal that surfaced in the Indian Parliament.When the various parties dismissed their corresponding "black sheep", I thought that maybe the Indian Parliament was doing a brilliant job for a change.Well the article that i read was a rude shock really.

The author of that article was of the opinion that maybe the Parliament did not do such a smart thing by dismissing the "corrupt" MP's. He claims that maybe the Parliament has set a very bad precedence by dismissing elected representatives without really bothering to have a detailed hearing.First and foremost he counters the validity of these dismissals by claiming that the dismissed misisters were not even given a chance to openly confess/deny the allegations against them.

That apart,the author feels that the Parliament may have set a wrong precedence by dismissing the elected representatives, paving the way for future parties with gross majorities,casting flimsy allegations and getting rid of opposition members by merely attaining a simple majority.

While on one hand, I am forced to agree with the author, I am also inclined to believe that maybe the dismissal of the corrupt ministers was a move to warn the others of dire consequences if they were to get caught engaged in murky activities.

I think the situation on hand deserves a more detailed analysis.