Having posed the highest number of questions in the 15 Parliament sessions held during the 17th Lok Sabha and spent more funds granted under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), Member of Parliament (MP) from Bengaluru South, Tejasvi Surya, has topped performance among three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs in Bengaluru city, revealed an analysis by Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC).
In the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house worked for 273 days, and P.C. Mohan, Bengaluru Central MP, is ahead of others with 82% attendance. While Mr. Surya’s attendance is 78%, Bengaluru North MP D.V. Sadanand Gowda’s participation is 100 days out of 159 days which is 63%. For Mr. Gowda, the total days are calculated at 159 as he served as Union Cabinet Minister from May 30, 2019, to July 7, 2021, when Ministers did not sign the attendance register in Lok Sabha. The national average attendance of MPs is 79%, and the State average is 71%.
