Parliament Diary

Bihar has 40 constituencies which will be going to poll between 10^th April  and 12^th May. 

The performance of Members of Parliament from Bihar is better on a
number of indicators when compared to the national averages. MPs from
Bihar have an average attendance of 87% in Parliament, which is higher
than the national average of 76%. Bihar’s MPs also participated in an
average of 45 debates, which is also higher than the national average of
38. They asked an average of 331 Questions per MP, which is also more
than the national average of 300 Questions per MP. Bihar MPs introduced
0.7 Private Member Bills per MP, as opposed to the national average of
0.8 Private Member Bills per MP.

Members of Parliament have four important responsibilities: to pass
laws, ensure that the government performs its duties satisfactorily,
represent the views and aspirations of the people of their constituency
in Parliament and to approve and oversee the financial proposals of the
government. Debates, Questions and Private Member Bills are important
mechanisms by which MPs fulfill their responsibilities. Attendance
during Parliament Sessions also indicates an MPs commitment to give
effect to his role.

Many of the current MPs from Bihar have filed their nominations for the
upcoming elections. Some highlights of their performance in Parliament
are given below:

• Of the 40 MPs, 5 were women. 13 had a post graduate degree, while
  15 had a graduate degree. 12 had studied upto high school or less.
• Raghuvansh Prasad Singh from Vaishali participated in 179 debates
  in the term of the 15th Lok Sabha. This is the highest number of debates
  participated in by any MP from Bihar. Sharad Yadav from Madhepura has
  participated in 159 debates, which is the second highest number of
  debates from Bihar.
• Syed Shahnawaz Hussain from Bhagalpur has asked 711 Questions, the
  highest from Bihar. Purnmasi Ram from Gopalganj has asked 656, which is
  the second highest number of Questions asked from Bihar. Rama Devi from
  Sheohar is a close third with 627 Questions asked.
• Raghuvansh Prasad Singh from Vaishali and Kaushalendra Kumar from Nalanda both have the highest attendance from Bihar of 97%.
• 13 MPs from Bihar have an attendance of over 90%. These are:
  Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar, Jagada Nand Singh, Hukamdeo
  Narayan Yadav, Kirti Jha Azad, Mangani Lal Mandal, Hari Manjhi, Asrarul
  Haque Mohammad, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Maheshwar
  Hazari, Bhola Singh, Arjun Roy, Baidyanath Prasad Mahto, and Mahabali
  Singh.
• Bhola Singh from Nawada has introduced 10 Private Member Bills,
  which is the highest from Bihar. Om Prakash Yadav from Siwan is a close
  second and has introduced 9 Private Member Bills.
• Bihar MPs Lalu Prasad from Saran and Jagdish Sharma from Jehanabad
  lost their seats in September 2013 after being convicted on criminal
  charges.

Further details about the performance of these MPs can be found below, as well as on the MP Track page for Bihar.