'Need to reverse trend of shrinking House sittings'
Chandigarh, June 29 -- Debutant Lok Sabha MP Varun Chaudhary of the Congress is one of the most promising lawmakers from Haryana. HT takes a look at the first-time MP's one-year journey in the House, and his future plans.
I achieved 100% attendance in the House in the first year. The exposure has been exceptional. Though being a 2019 MLA, I already had legislative experience but as an MP I encountered fresh challenges pertaining to rules and time limitations. It's actually a shift from the state list to the Union and concurrent list.
I witnessed constitutional amendments. I was nominated as co-convenor for Haryana in the Lok Sabha by my party.
It's sad that the annual number of sittings of the Lok Sabha have gone down in the last few years. This trend needs to be reversed. Also, sometimes the discussion on the bills turn into debates on the functioning of the department and it goes unchecked by the Chair. Earlier, mediapersons used to witness the proceedings while sitting in the chamber but now they get live feed as chosen by the LS secretariat. There are more than 40 cameras in the chamber and the feed is shared selectively which is not good for our democracy.
We have tools like the question hour, the zero-hour, rule 377, discussion on budget, general discussion on President's address, private member bill etc for raising the voice of the constituents.
I have raised a number of issues relating to my constituency. Through MPLAD, although the amount is meagre, I have recommended development works for my constituency. DISHA meetings are held to streamline the implementation of the project/programs/schemes funded by the central government.
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