Many BJP MPs make it to the list of top 10 performers based on attendance, questions asked, and debates participated.
The monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 18 and it marks the beginning of the fifth year of the 16th Lok Sabha. With barely a year to go for the general election, here is an analysis, based on the data available in the Lok Sabha and PRS websites, on how the elected representatives have fared in the Lower House.
Attendance
Members’ attendance is calculated based on the members signing the register maintained at the Lok Sabha Secretariat. It is based on this register that their allowances and salaries are calculated. If a member participates in the session, but forgets to sign, that person is considered to be absent. Also, it is not mandatory for the Prime Minister, his Council of Ministers, the Speaker, and the Deputy Speaker to sign the register.
Bhairon Prasad Mishra, Gopal Chinayya Shetty, and Ramesh Chander Kaushik of the BJP have attended every single day this Lok Sabha functioned. Kulamani Sama of the Bjiu Janata Dal has also maintained a hundred per cent attendance record. Mr. Mishra, a the first-time MP from Banda, Uttar Pradesh, also holds the record for participating in the most number of debates, a whopping 1,722 debates. He has also asked 469 questions so far.
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