Parliament Diary

The eight Northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura have 25 constituencies
between them.

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.

Below we have listed the national and state averages for Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. State averages are
unavailable for Meghalaya and Nagaland (Meghalaya’s two MPs were
Ministers until 2012 while CM Chang from Nagaland resigned from Lok
Sabha in 2013).

• Manipur has the highest average attendance of 98%. Most
  Northeastern states score higher than the national attendance average of
  76%.
• P.D. Rai from Sikkim has the highest number of debates spoken (70). The national average for debates spoken is 38.
• Badruddin Ajmal has asked the most questions (320) with Khagen Das
  from Tripura a close second (310). The national questions average is
  300.
• Bijoya Chakravarty from Assam has introduced the most number of
  private member bills (4). The national average for introduction of
  private member bills is 0.8.