New Delhi: What do the statistics tell us about the performance of parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha? – Now let’s see.
Who is providing statistics?: Before sharing statistics on the performance of members from our state in Parliament, it is important to look at who is providing the statistics. PRS India, a voluntary organization, is continuously collecting information related to the activities of MPs in Parliament and uploading them on the Internet (www.prsindia.org).
Prime Point Foundation from Tamil Nadu analyzes and publishes a report on the activities of the members of Parliament with the data provided by PRS India after each session of the Parliament. Talking to us about this, Srinivasan, the founder of the Prime Point Foundation, said, “The Point Foundation is constantly investigating the activities of the members of Parliament. Apart from conducting research, the Sansad Ratna Award is also given annually to the members who have worked well.
86 members have been so honored in the last 12 years. This is the only civil society award given to Members of Parliament based on their parliamentary activities. It has been recognized by the India Book of Records,” he said.
How is activity calculated? – Members of Parliament’s activities are evaluated based on 3 aspects: self-initiated debates raised by members of Parliament on an issue, individual bills brought in the House, and questions raised in the House. The sum of these three is represented as points. First let’s look at the activities of Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu.
Highest Scorers: Among the Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu, Dharmapuri MP Senthil Kumar (DMK) is at the top with 453 points. Tenkasi MP Dhanush Kumar is second with 409 points.
People who asked the most questions: Senthilkumar is at the top for raising the most questions in the Lok Sabha. He has raised 384 questions. Next to him is Dhanush Kumar with 375 questions. Both have participated and worked in all the sessions held so far.
Self-motivated discussions: Theni MP Rabindranath has participated in 97 self-initiated debates and has topped the Tamil Nadu MPs in debates. MP Senthilkumar of Dharmapuri has taken 2nd position after participating in 66 self-initiative debates.
Individual Bills: Chennai South Constituency MP Tamilachi Thangapandian has taken the first place among Tamil Nadu MPs in the individual bill category by introducing 8 individual bills. 3 individual bills have been brought in and two are runners up. One is Dharmapuri MP Senthil Kumar. Another is Ramanathapuram MP Navaskani.
So far, we have looked at the top two positions among the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha members in all three categories. Next, let’s take a look at the bottom two.
Low Scorers: Thanjavur MP S.S. Palanimanikkam (DMK) is at the bottom with 4 points. Thiruvallur Member of Parliament K. Jayakumar (Congress) is second to last with 34 points.
Short Questions Section: Thanjavur Member of Parliament S.S. Palanimanikkam has not raised a single question since 2019. Thiruvallur Member of Parliament K. Jayakumar is in the penultimate position with 9 questions.
Self-motivated discussions: Thanjavur Member of Parliament S.S. Palanimanickam participated in 4 initiated debates and ranked last in Tamil Nadu MP debates. Cuddalore Member of Parliament TRVS. Ramesh has participated in 5 self-initiative debates and is in the penultimate position.
Individual Bills: There are many members of parliament who have not brought even a single individual bill in the Lok Sabha. Thiruvannamalai Member of Parliament C.N. Annadurai, Kallakurichy Member of Parliament Gautham Chikamani, Kanchipuram Member of Parliament G. Selvam, Trichy Member of Parliament S. Thirunavukkarasar, Virudhunagar Member of Parliament Manikam Thakur, Salem Member of Parliament SR. Parthiban, Theni Member of Parliament B. Rabindranath Kumar, Nagapattinam Member of Parliament M. Selvaraj, Coimbatore Member of Parliament PR Natarajan, Namakkal Member of Parliament A.K.P. Sinraj, Sriperumbudur Member of Parliament D.R. Balu, Madurai Member of Parliament S. Venkatesan, Arakkonam Member of Parliament S. Jagadratsakan, Pollachi Member of Parliament K. Shanmugasundaram, Member of Parliament for Tirunelveli Gnanathiraviyam, Member of Parliament for Tirupur K. Subparayan, Member of Parliament for Dindigul B. Velusamy, Member of Parliament for Krishnagiri A. Sellakumar, Member of Parliament for Kanyakumari Vijay Vasanth, Member of Parliament for Mayiladuthurai S. Ramalingam, Member of Parliament for Central Chennai Dayanithi Maran, Member of Parliament for Tiruvallur K. Jayakumar and Thanjavur Member of Parliament S.S. Palanimanickam are featured in this.
Activity in Rajya Sabha: Next, let’s see the statistics on how the Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu performed in the last year 2022. 18 MPs from Tamil Nadu are serving in Rajya Sabha. Since their tenure is 6 years and one-third of these members will retire on a rotational basis after their 6-year term, we will now only see how they performed in 2022.
Highest Scorers: Last year 2022, Kanimozhi NVN Somu (DMK) is at the top position among the Tamil Nadu members in the Rajya Sabha with 136 points (Spontaneous Debates + Individual Bills + Questions). DMK’s Wilson is second with 131 points.
People who asked the most questions: DMK’s Kanimozhi NVN Somu topped the question category with 125 questions. DMK’s K.R.N. raised 115 questions. Rajesh Kumar is second.
Self-motivated discussions: Thambidurai from AIADMK has participated in 36 self-initiative debates and topped this category. Next to him is GK Vasan. He has participated in 27 self-initiative debates.
Individual Bills: DMK’s Wilson has topped this category by introducing 3 individual bills. Trichy Siva, who brought an individual bill, came second.
Those who failed to perform well in Rajya Sabha: So far, we have looked at the best performing Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu. Now let’s look at the underperformers.
The performance of 4 Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu is very poor. In fact, statistics reveal that they don’t work at all. They did not ask any question in the House last year 2022; Neither raised the debate; Individual bill was not brought. Now let’s see who those 4 people are. AIADMK’s C.V. Shanmugam, N. Chandrasekaran, R. Dharmar, DMK’s B. Selvarasu are the four. If we refer to these as the last-placed persons, the pre-last-placed p. Chidambaram. He has raised only 4 self-initiated debates. No question was asked in them; Individual bill was not brought.
Complete List: > Activities of Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha MPs | Activities of Tamil Nadu Rajya Sabha MPs
