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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Lok Sabha Budget Session Report Card: Owaisi hits century

By TCN News,


Congratulations, Mr Asaduddin Owaisi on making a century of questions on the floor of the Lok Sabha during February-May Budget Session 2010. Perhaps this is the first time that a Muslim parliamentarian has asked more than 100 questions in a single session. Well done, Hyderabad MP of Majlise Ittehadul Muslimeen. Third time in a row Owaisi leads Muslim MPs in the report card of floor performance exclusively presented by TCN.

Though cumulatively Muslim Lok Sabha Members have asked far more questions in this session than theirs in some last sessions put together, majority, still have remained silent. Of 30 Muslim Lok Sabha Members, 16 remained silent in the 32-day session spreading over three months with long intervals. The 16 include four Ministers.


The non-speakers include 7 members of Congress, 3 from Trinamool Congress, 2 each from Bahujan Samaj Party and National Conference and 1 each from Muslim League and Janata Dal United.



Among the top performers are Asaduddin Owaisi (102), JM Aaroon Rasheed (64), Shahnawaz Hussain (62), ET Muhammed Basheer (40) and MI Shanavas (40).

What is good is that consistent performers have far improved their own performance, resulting in 430 questions asked by Muslim MPs in the session that started on February 22, 2010 and ended on May 7, 2010. In the Nov-Dec 2009 session the total number of questions asked by them was 167 and only 84 in the July-Aug 2009 session.

Type of Questions

Questions are of three types:-

Starred, Unstarred and Short Notice Questions


A Starred Question is one to which a member desires an oral answer in the House and which is distinguished by an asterisk mark. When a question is answered orally, supplementary questions can be asked thereon. Only 20 questions can be listed for oral answer on a day.

An Unstarred Question: is one which is not called for oral answer in the House and on which no supplementary questions can consequently be asked. To such a question, a written answer is deemed to have been laid on the Table after the Question Hour by the Minister to whom it is addressed. It is printed in the official report of the sitting of the House for which it is put down. Only 230 questions can be listed for written answer on a day.

A Short Notice Question is one which relates to a matter of urgent public importance and can be asked with shorter notice than the period of notice prescribed for an ordinary question. Like a starred question, it is answered orally followed by supplementary questions.





Name: Mr. Abdul Mannan Hossain
Age: 57
Constituency: Murshidabad (West Bengal )
Party name: Indian National Congress(INC)

No of days present : 15/32

No. of questions: 0

[The report has been compiled by Mudassir Rizwan, TwoCircles.net Patna Correspondent]

Source : Lok Sabha Website[As updated till 31st May 2010]

Lok Sabha session November-December 2009



Lok Sabha session July - August 2009