By Nasheem Ashraf & Haris Rashid
This text will analyse how the Members of Parliament from the Jammu and Kashmir fared within the 17th Lok Sabha. We use information from PRS Legislative Analysis on attendance, questions requested, and participation in debates to analyse the efficiency of the MPs. For the 17th Lok Sabha, the nationwide common attendance was 79%, the variety of questions requested by an MP on a mean was 210 and the variety of debates that an MP participated in on common was 47.
All three MPs representing constituencies within the Kashmir Division belonged to Jammu and Kashmir Nationwide Convention (JKNC) whereas all of the MPs representing the 2 constituencies of the Jammu Division belonged to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP).
Mohammad Akbar Lone
Mohammad Akbar Lone, representing Baramulla constituency has a 41% attendance in 17th Lok Sabha. He has requested 5 questions and took part in 6 debates throughout your entire 5 years of 17th Lok Sabha. Nonetheless, all questions requested/answered occurred inside a span of 10 days- from 2 March 2020 to 12 March 2020. Other than this, Lone missed all 5 periods, together with a particular session and two price range periods, beginning winter session 2023.
Nonetheless, to his credit score, Akbar Lone’s attendance was a lot better than his predecessor Muzaffar Hussain Baig of PDP who represented Baramulla constituency within the sixteenth Lok Sabha. Baig had 11% attendance, requested 19 questions and took part in 3 debates. This time Baig is prone to contest as an unbiased candidate from both Baramulla or Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.
Farooq Abdullah, Srinagar
Farooq Abdullah, representing the Srinagar constituency has 61% attendance in 17th Lok Sabha. He requested 11 questions and took part 11 debates. Just like Mohammad Akbar Lone, Abdullah requested all questions inside a span of 10 days from 8 July 2019 to 18 July 2019.
Two of the questions Abdullah requested throughout his present time period have been repeats from his final time period and had already been requested in December 2018. One in every of these questions was requested thrice inside a span of seven months.
Hasnain Masoodi, Anantnag
The one MP who stands out from the Kashmir Division is first-timer Hasnain Masoodi, representing the erstwhile Anantnag constituency. He has 85% attendance, requested 73 questions and took part in 126 debates. He’s the one MP from Kashmir division whose attendance in addition to participation in debates was above the nationwide common.
Jugal Kishore, Jammu
BJP’s Jugal Kishore, representing Jammu constituency has 88% attendance, requested 310 questions and took part in 63 debates. Though he belongs to the ruling occasion, he requested probably the most questions of all of the MPs from Jammu and Kashmir.
For the 5th MP, Dr. Jitendra Singh representing the Udhampur constituency, information is just not accessible as he’s a Minister of State.
Why Does it Matter?
Since 2019, when Jammu and Kashmir was made right into a Union Territory, the Parliament needed to deal with each facet of its governance. All of the budgets for the UT have been introduced throughout the hallowed halls of Parliament. Moreover, the introduction of 4 new languages because the UT’s official languages, whereas stripping Urdu of its sole official recognition, underscored a interval of profound change. On this tumultuous period, a number of payments have been tabled, aiming to increase the attain of reservation to embody extra communities and to offer reservation for OBCs in native physique elections. The dichotomous nature of the instances endured by Jammu and Kashmir resonates with Charles Dickens’ profound phrases from A Story of Two Cities: ‘It was one of the best of instances, it was the worst of instances,’ ‘it was the season of Gentle, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.’ Furthermore, Dickens’ perception is especially apt when reflecting on how ‘a few of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being obtained, for good or for evil, within the superlative diploma of comparability solely.’ Certainly, amidst the complicated realities of governance and societal change, there existed an inclination amongst influential voices to view developments within the excessive, with out nuance or consideration of the multifaceted challenges confronted by the area. On this context, it held important significance whether or not the Members of Parliament (MPs) from Jammu and Kashmir attended parliament, requested questions, and took part in debates.
Furthermore, MPs function elected representatives entrusted by residents to voice issues, tackle points, and legislate on their behalf. Common attendance in Parliament is important for fulfilling their obligation of successfully representing constituents’ pursuits. Moreover, because the three MPs from JKNC have been in opposition, they’d a important position in overseeing the federal government, holding it accountable by way of questioning and debates.
Because the Lok Sabha elections method, voters ought to think about the candidates’ parliamentary efficiency and make the most of their voting energy successfully to compel politicians to shed complacency.
- Views expressed within the article are the writer’s personal and don’t essentially characterize the editorial stance of Kashmir Observer
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