Guwahati: As new party candidates start asking for votes from people for the new Parliament, let’s find out how did MPs from the Northeast fared.
A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) on “17th Lok Sabha: Analysis of Performance of MPs” revealed that the lowest average attendance has been recorded by 2 MPs from Arunachal Pradesh.
On average, they have attended 127 out of 273 sittings.
The average attendance of MPs from Assam is 224, Meghalaya is 212, Manipur 206, and Tripura 173.
With regard to the state wise average number of questions asked, 2 MPs from Manipur have asked the least number of questions. On average they have asked 25 questions.
The best performance from Northeast in asking questions was by 2 MPs from Tripura who asked 173 questions, followed by 14 MPs from Assam who asked 148 questions, 120 questions by 2 MPs from Meghalaya, and 51 by 2 MPs from Arunachal Pradesh.
In the 17th Lok Sabha, on average, 559 MPs have asked 165 questions and attended 189 out of 273 sittings.
11 MPs from Chhattisgarh have the highest average attendance in the 17th Lok Sabha. On average they have attended 216 out of 273 sittings.
Among the states, 49 MPs from Maharashtra have asked the highest number of questions in the 17th Lok Sabha. On average they have asked 315 questions.
Among the political parties, 3 MPs from TDP have the highest average attendance in the 17th Lok Sabha. On average they have attended 229 out of 273 sittings.
Among the political parties, the least attendance has been recorded by 2 MPs from AAP. On average they have attended 57 out of 273 sittings.
5 MPs from the NCP have asked the highest number of questions in the 17th Lok Sabha. On average they have asked 410 questions.
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2 MPs from Apna Dal (Soneylal) have asked the lowest number of questions. On average they have asked only 5 questions.
In the 17th Lok Sabha, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar from BJP, an MP from Balurghat, West Bengal asked the highest number of questions i.e. 596.
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