Former IRS officer Daggumalla Prasada Rao, who is contesting as the Telugu Desam Party’s MP candidate for Chittoor Lok Sabha constituency (SC), observed that “the house of Indian parliament needs more and more MPs who could participate in the debates on key issues of the nation and at the international affairs as well.”
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Prasada Rao said that having been a bureaucrat for a longer period, he cherished a strong ambition to find a way to parliament “so that I could participate in key debates, and influence policies and help bring in legislations for a stronger India.”
He deplored that going by observation of parliamentary affairs, “I found that not even 10% of the MPs in parliament is really serious about being a part of the discussions on various national and international issues. Only a negligible percentage of the MPs make decisions and the rest would only just follow through. If we can have at least 50% of the members active, things would be different and we can achieve more dynamic results,” Mr. Prasada Rao said.
