Opinion

How are the Youth Doing in the Parliament?

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by Moksha Tamma
Dec 2, 2022
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The proportion of Members of Parliament below 40 years of age has steadily declined from 26% in the first Lok Sabha, to 12% in the seventeenth Lok Sabha.

Here at Young India Foundation, we present to you the performances of the young MPs of Lok Sabha (those under 30 years of age) in the Budget and Winter sessions, with the 17th Lok Sabha having the youngest ever parliamentarian.

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Chandrani Murmu, Biju Janata Dal (26 years):

Hailing from Odisha, Chandrani represents the Keonjhar constituency. She is a member of the Human Resource Development Standing Committee and her cumulative attendance stands at 79%.

She has participated in a total of five debates (four special mentions and one government bill) as follow:

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Goddeti Madhavi, Yuvajana Sramika Raithu Congress Party (27 years):

Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Madhavi represents the Araku constituency which is a scheduled tribe constituency. She is a member of the Transport, Culture and Tourism Standing Committee and her cumulative attendance stands at 93%. She has participated in a total of nine debates (two government bills, five special mentions and two on the general budget).

Here is the list of debates she participated in:

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Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, All India Trinamool Congress (29 years):

Hailing from West Bengal, Nusrat represents the Basirhat constituency. She is a member of the Water Resources Standing Committee. Her cumulative attendance stands at 35% and she has participated in a total of six debates (three special mentions, one on the union budget, one under the matters under rule — 377 and one under submissions by members) and asked a total of 20 questions out of which one was a starred question.

Here are the list of debates she took part in:

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L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Bharatiya Janata Party (29 years):

Hailing from Karnataka, Tejasvi Surya represents Bangalore’s South constituency. He is a member of the Information Technology Standing Committee, and his cumulative attendance stands at 89%. He also asked a total of 54 questions in the Parliament, out of which three were starred. He participated in a total of 10 debates (two government bills, three matters were raised under Rule 377, three special mentions and one motion of thanks on the president’s address).

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Out of the four MPs under thirty years of age, it is interesting to note that three of them are women. Are women spearheading the movement against gerontocracy in the lower house of the Parliament?

The objective of a ‘Think Article’ is to bring knowledge about policies in the sphere, in context to the youth of India and, if possible, influencing the policy process. The article has no motivation to pass any political judgments.

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Moksha Tamma

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