Dharmapuri, Tenkasi MPs top in attendance

05.01.2022

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Chennai: Members of Parliament S Senthilkumar (Dharmapuri) and Dhanush M Kumar (Tenkasi) recorded the best attendance in the Lok Sabha from the first session of 17th Lok Sabha until the winter session that ended in December last. Amid repeated disruptions, both members managed to raise 267 questions each, leading the pack of 39 LS MPs representing Tamil Nadu in the Lower House.

The data sourced by the PRS Legislative Research suggested that 16 members secured more than 80% of attendance, 18 members between 60% and 80% and the rest falling below 60%. “All our data tracking the activities of MPs have been sourced from the web portals of Parliament. We also used the bulletins and question lists published by Parliament on its websites,” PRS Legisla- tive Research president, M R Madhavan said.

The other top members in attendance, include Vijay Vasanth (Kanyakumari), Manicka Tagore (Virudhunagar) and Gautham Sigamani Pon (Kallakurichi), P R Natarajan (Coimbatore), S R Parthiban (Salem), K Shanmugasundaram (Pollachi) and K Jayakumar (Tiruvallur). The MPs, who recorded poor attendance include S Jagathrakshakan (Arakkonam) and S S Pa- lanimanickam (Thanjavur).

DMK Parliamentary party leader T R Baalu said the members tried as much as possible to raise the issues amid suspensions and walkouts. “From raising the arrests of fishermen to NEET exemption, from dam safety bill to the rise in price of fuel, bringing embarkation point back to Chennai for Haj pilgrimage to pending dues of GST, we put forth our demands,” said Baalu.