The working of Parliament earned unanimous acclaim from experienced Indian and foreign observers who watched it function. The Manchester Guardian wrote on 5 June 1954: ‘Parliamentary institutions have not had a good time in Asia… All that is happening in Asia throws a spotlight in Delhi as one institution of the kind which is working in an exemplary way…Pericles said Athens was the school of Hellas. Mr. Nehru without boasting may say that Delhi is the school of Asia.’
