hang the Lokpal !

So its all over! The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned sine die, and the Government, despite being repeatedly asked,  has chosen not to disclose to the Parliament what it plans to do next to institutionalise a strong and effective Lokpal. That the Lokpal bill as passed by the Lok Sabha was riddled with inconsistencies and weaknesses is now common knowledge. That the entire Opposition was united in demanding certain amendments to the bill so as to provide for an effective Lokpal is also known. That the government chose to defend the bill till, literally, the twelfth hour was seen and heard by all. What next? We have been told that the government needs to "examine" the numerous amendments moved by Members of the Rajya Sabha. How long the examination will take, whether the bill will be taken up two months from now in the Budget session etc etc -----these are questions to which, as citizens, we will be given no immediate answers. We, the people, are the "ruled" and would do well to hold our peace till the "rulers" decide to speak ----that message came loud and clear today.


 We may shout ourselves hoarse that we have had enough of the petty and not-so-petty corruption that is sapping the nation's life blood. We may remind the government again and again and again that we have waited long enough for a strong, effective anti-corruption Ombudsman. We may even draft them a model bill. Its not enough -----not because the government or our elected representatives are engaged in other more pressing, nation building activity, but because they just don't care. The status quo suits the "rulers". Why should they change it until and unless they are left with no choice but to do it ? This attitude is best demonstrated by the fact that among the few amendments to the Lokpal bill that the Lok Sabha passed, the most significant was the deletion of Section 24 which required the Parliament to take action against MPs against whom the Lokpal had instituted criminal proceedings under the Prevention of Corruption Act !


They will simply make feeble attempts to enact a "suitable" law ----a law that suits them because it sets up a Lokpal that acts at their  bidding, or is so hamstrung by  convoluted procedures that it does not act at all. Even such a Lokpal could prove unsettling or inconvenient, so only a pretense of action will be made, no outcomes will actually be achieved. 


There was a lot of talk today about a "weak" Lokpal being better than no Lokpal at all, about how the institution could be strengthened through amendments in a "phased" manner. I find the logic simply galling, when seen in the context of the fact that we have been trying to give ourselves a Lokpal for several decades, there are numerous reports and studies already available, as also a model law and several alternative formulations drafted by civil society. When we know what the constituents of a strong, effective Lokpal must be, when even the draft formulations of the structures and procedures that achieve that objective are available, how can a "weak" Lokpal be possibly justified?


The truth is that the attitude of the "rulers" is : hang the Lokpal ! It is for us, the people of India, to not give up the battle and fight to win the war.

Lokpal bill ---section 24 conundrum

The Times Of India carries today a front page headline "Netas may unite against Section 24 of Lokpal bill".

What does Section 24 of the Lokpal bill say? It provides for the action to be taken by the Lokpal and the Parliament in case the CBI (or any other agency entrusted with the investigation) finds , upon conclusion of an investigation ,that an offence has been committed by the Prime Minister or a Minister or a Member of Parliament under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Lokpal may file a case in the Special Court, and will  also  send a copy of the Investigation Report along with its findings to the Parliament which will inform the Lokpal, within 90 days, of the action taken. 

Therein lies the rub ! Till the Special Court decides the matter, how can the Parliament take any action, ask the affronted netas. The Representation of the People Act provides for disqualification of our MPs only when they have been convicted of a serious offence.In fact, no action can be taken against an MP even if he has been convicted of a serious offence until his appeal against such an order of conviction has been heard and decided by the Supreme Court. This could take several years, during which time he continues to enjoy the power, privileges and perquisites of being an MP/Minister.And here comes the Lokpal bill, with a requirement that action be taken by the Parliament against an MP/Minister even before he has been convicted of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The government could point out that the provisions of the Lokpal bill over ride any provisions of any law that are inconsistent with the Bill. However, if the government is truly in earnest about action being taken against MPs and Ministers even before the Special Court has decided the corruption case filed by the Lokpal, then it must also introduce a Bill to amend the Representation of People Act. We have large numbers of MPs with criminal antecedents and criminal cases pending against them. The cases linger in the courts for decades, and even when the court convicts an MP or Minister, several more years pass while he exhausts all the appeal remedies that the law provides him. Is it not proper that the Representation of People Act be amended to require that an MP be disqualified at the stage of framing of charges against him in the criminal court? In August this year, newspapers did carry news items about such a proposal being considered by the government. And then, no more was heard about the proposed amendment ----vested interests at work, no doubt !

It is but obvious that MPs and Ministers will resist any provision of the law that changes the status quo from which they so greatly benefit. We must make certain, by telling our MPs in unambiguous terms that they cannot have their cake and eat it too, that along with a powerful and effective Lokpal legislation, the law is amended to provide for the disqualification of MPs and Ministers once charges have been framed against them in a criminal court vis a vis a serious offence.

Confusion heaped upon confusion

Have you read the Lokpal Bill, 2011 ? It sets out such a tedious, cumbersome procedure that one would think the intention is to make certain that a complaint of corruption against a public servant gets lost in the maze ! Here's a step-by-step guide :


If there is a complaint of corruption against a public servant, the Lokpal will first decide whether to proceed in the matter or close it.That's step number one.


If it decides to proceed in the matter, it will order a preliminary inquiry to decide whether there exists a prima facie case to proceed in the matter.That's step number two. What is the difference between the first step and the second? Both require the Lokpal to "decide" whether to "proceed" in the matter. I too am trying to figure that out.


If the complaint is against a government servant (group A, B, C and D), the Lokpal will refer the matter  to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) which will carry out the preliminary inquiry.The preliminary inquiry is to be concluded in 90 days( 3 months), and this period may be extended by another 90 days.


For all other public servants, the preliminary inquiry will be conducted by the Lokpal's Inquiry Wing.

Or by the CBI.

Or by any other agency.

Enough confusion , right ?

After making its preliminary inquiry, the CVC will submit its report to the Lokpal, but only for Group A and B government servants. That's step number three.

What happens to the report of the CVC's preliminary inquiry in respect of Group C and D government servants? On these reports, action will be taken by the CVC as per the CVC Act. 

As for the preliminary inquiry in respect of public servants other than government servants, the Lokpal's Inquiry Wing, or the CBI, or any other agency, will complete the inquiry within 60 days and submit its report to the Lokpal. Sixty days? Hadn't we just said preliminary inquiry to be concluded within 90 days? Obviously, the government is yet to make up its mind whether the preliminary inquiry is to be concluded within 60 days or 90 + 90 (180) days.


We are now at step four of the process. The Lokpal will consider the preliminary inquiry report, hear the public servant, and decide either to close the matter, or order disciplinary action against the public servant, or order an investigation into the matter. Who will take the disciplinary action against the public servant? The CVC. There's no time limit prescribed, by the way, for completion of action by the CVC in the cases referred to it for taking disciplinary action.

Who will carry out the investigation? The CBI or any other agency.Once the investigation has been concluded, the investigation report will be considered by the Lokpal. This brings us to step five of the process.It may decide to close the matter, or file a complaint in the Special Court, or initiate departmental proceedings against the public servant.


The complaint or the closure report will be filed in the Special Court by the Lokpal's Prosecution Wing, but disciplinary proceedings will be initiated by the "competent authority", not the Lokpal.


Interestingly, while the preliminary inquiry, the investigation and the disciplinary proceedings will be carried out by the CVC and the CBI, there is no provision in the Lokpal bill to ensure the autonomy of these organisations. So, as is the case now, both the CVC and the CBI will remain vulnerable to extraneous influences, including political pressure.


From step one to step six, do you see much of a role for the Lokpal? Is it any wonder that anti - corruption activists have described the Lokpal, as envisaged in the Lokpal bill, as a mere post office ? 


Since no measure for ensuring the autonomy of the CBI and the CVC has been proposed, the "post office" Lokpal will simply add another layer to the existing, dysfunctional anti-corruption machinery. Was this the outcome for which millions of people extended support to Anna Hazare and his team ? Is this the best the government could do after several rounds of discussions with Team Anna, examination by the Standing Committe, etc etc ?

An undemocratic people !

An interesting issue was being heatedly debated on TV channels yesterday. If the Parliament passes a Lokpal bill that provides only for a weak and ineffective Lokpal, do the people have the right to protest? Surprisingly, most participants, whether they be from the political arena or the media,  forcefully asserted that our democratic set up will be under mined if the supremacy of the Parliament vis a vis law making is questioned by people's movements like the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption and the laws/proposed laws protested against.

The argument is as follows: our Constitution vests the power to make laws in the Parliament. Ordinary people elect their representatives to the Parliament, and having once cast their vote for X, they should then  repose complete faith in the wisdom, experience, and bona fide of X, trusting him to make sure that the laws that the Parliament makes are the ones that serve best the people's interests.

They should not question his actions even when they smack of indifference to  what is best for the people in the people's own wisdom. He's becomes wiser than them, you see, once he's been elected by the very people whose wisdom  becomes suspect once they have cast their vote. Even if they cry themselves hoarse that what they want is not what he and other august Parliamentarians are planning to enact as law, they will not be heard. They"ll be told instead, in the supercilious tones that the clever use for those who are simple, that they must let Parliament do its job, that the Parliament knows best.

What IS the Parliament's job? Is it to enact laws that promote the welfare of the people , or is to enact laws that the Parliamentarians THINK achieve that objective? If it is the former, and indeed it is, then it is the people's right to articulate what best promotes their welfare. If what  people say they want  is at odds with what the elected representatives think is good for the people, then  in a system which is by the people, of the people, and FOR the people, it is the people's view which should prevail.How then can it be unconstitutional for the people to protest against a proposed law that they do not perceive as serving its stated purpose, and to articulate what they think its contours should be?

Are they to remain silent simply because they cast their vote and elected to the Parliament men and women who appear, as a class, to be  interested only in perpetuating a status quo that is hurting ordinary men and women ? Can they only speak when its time to cast their vote again? The wise men and women who drafted our Constitution would have declared that to be a travesty of the spirit of the Constitution, which states clearly, unambiguously, and emphatically that the people are the source of all sovereign power that is exercised in their name. They can speak, demand, and protest as and when the Parliament or any other organ of the government is perceived to be acting against their interest.

The reason why so many elected representatives, media personalities, intellectuals and academics are reacting so strongly to the people's protest against a weak Lokpal, and going to the extent of describing it as unconstitutional, is that all these years, they have arrogated to themselves all the wisdom of 1.2 billion people. It is as if they, and they alone, know what is best for the "people", as if they are in a distinct and superior and select class. So now when the "people" speak, they are aghast. The reaction is no different from that of the ruler who'd look askance at the ruled asking him questions. We, the people, remain the "ruled", notwithstanding our having won independence from the British decades ago, and the "rulers" remain, notwithstanding the departure of the British!!

In the history of our nation, we are at a cross roads. Either we let ourselves be "ruled" or we decide what is good for us, we decide what we want, we make ourselves heard whether by casting our votes or in a myriad other ways.

We, the people, are the democracy -----how can we be accused of being undemocratic?  So, speak up !!

Lending a helping hand

Have you heard of MILAAP (http://www.milaap.org/) ? It's an online platform that enables you to lend to India's working poor. It’s a loan that you extend, a helping hand, not a donation. I wasn't very certain when I made my first loan a few months ago that it'd be returned, so the mail from MILAAP two months later that the first repayment installment by the borrower had been credited to my account brought a smile to my face.The second installment was paid the next month, and I'm now exceedingly confident that the whole amount will be re paid as scheduled. 

The borrower is Veena Prakash, a 28-year old from Byrathi, Karnataka, earning her living as a tailor. She wanted to expand her business making bags, cushions, mats and boxes, and needed Rs 50,000 to invest in machinery which would help her cut down costs by 5%, increase revenue by 8%, and enable her to employ fifteen people, so that the loan wouldn't mean a better life for Veena’s family alone; she would be helping families of fifteen others.

There was Partner involvement from Indus Tree Crafts Foundation, which is a not-for-profit social business that connects artisans and agricultural workers with a niche urban market. I have been a satisfied consumer of Indus Tree products so when I saw that they are Veena's partner, my level of comfort with the idea of making a loan to a completely unknown person increased.

So I and another lender extended a loan to Veena which she will re pay in twenty four months ----the first two installments have already been credited into my MILAAP account, and I can either redeem this credit or re lend to another borrower. Of course, I will re lend this amount because that option is compelling in the simplicity of its logic -----if I keep the entire amount that I originally lent to Veena in circulation, I can help many more Veenas who are looking not for charity but a hand up.

My choice this time is Asma Mistri, a 29 year-old mother living in Bantra village in West Bengal. She is an artisan who earns her living doing zari embroidery on fabric. Her family has no access to electricity, which means they rely on kerosene lamps ,often paying upto thrice the actual price of kerosene. She hopes to install a solar energy system at home with a loan of Rs 10,000 to overcome these problems.

This is how MILAAP works.

Milaap partners with established organizations that have a strong presence at the grass roots and a deep understanding of the 150 million Indian households with no access to water, sanitation, healthcare, education and energy. Milaap and its field partners design customized loan programs and Milaap then shares requirements, backgrounds and photos of all borrowers. The online listing of borrower profiles enables the lender to select the cause and the borrower of his choice and give a loan of minimum USD 50 or Rs 1000. 

Every month, Milaap sends the total loan collected to its various field partners who disburse the loans. Throughout the loan cycle, the field partners regularly monitor the progress of the borrowers and collect repayments from the borrowers. Milaap makes monthly deposits of the repaid loan instalments into the lender's Milaap account. At the end of the loan cycle, the lender can choose to withdraw the repaid loan amount or decide to relend it to another borrower on Milaap. Through re-lending, a small loan goes a long way and gathers impact.

Its so much better than a one time donation, isn't it? Of course, charitable donations have their place, but if the working poor of India can be empowered to become completely self dependent and capable of living their lives with dignity, with access to clean drinking water, sanitation, education and medical care, wouldn't that be so much better?  Can we, the privileged middle class, who have every need taken care of, and still have enough money to splurge on movies,music, books, vacations, gourmet food, luxury brands etc etc not pledge to extend our less fortunate brethren a helping hand ? 

All of us can, notwithstanding inflation and a thousand competing demands,  budget for small loans that go a long way. Lets all do it ! I hope to meet you all on MILAAP !!

            http://www.milaap.org/how-it-works-questions

The privileged lot!

After election to Parliament, our representatives become entitled to certain amenities which are intended to enable the Members of Parliament to effectively perform their duties and responsibilities. We, the people of India, pay for all these amenities ------ a salary of Rs 50,000 per month, rent free residential accommodation in prime locations in the nation's capital, free water, free electricity, free telephone calls, free business class air travel, free first class rail travel, constituency allowance etc etc.It has been estimated that if monetary values are imputed to all the 16 components of an MP's package, then an MP's annual cost to the public exchequer  is a little less than Rs 50 lakhs!

If you earned roughly Rs 50 lakhs a year, would you still want a Ration Card that entitles you to buy wheat and rice and kerosene and sugar from Fair Price Shops ? Our MPs do, it seems ----- for the convenience of the Members of Parliament, a Sub-Office of the Delhi Rationing Department is provided in the Parliament House so that the MPs can obtain  Ration Cards.There's also an L.P.G. Service Counter and a branch of Kendriya Bhandar for the sale of essential commodities.

A privileged lot, our MPs ! The tax payer would be well within his rights to ask whether the MPs conscientiously perform the role assigned to them in a democratic nation. Do they attend the Parliament when it is in session? Do they participate in Parliamentary debates and discussions and thus contribute to law making? Do they ask questions and through other means such as Notices and Motions call the attention of the government to matters of public interest? The answer is a resounding No. 

But wait, there is worse to come. Recently, many of our MPs have been arrested on charges of corruption ----Suresh Kalmadi, A Raja, Kanimozhi, Amar Singh, to name a few.Interestingly, they continue to remain eligible for all the amenities that they were were availing of prior to their arrest.

If a Public Servant who is a Government Servant is arrested for having committed any offence and remains in custody for 48 hours or more, he stands suspended from office, and his salary and allowances get reduced to half immediately.If an MP, who is also a Public Servant, is  arrested for having committed  an  offence and remains in custody for 48 hours, should he not stand suspended from Parliament and his salary and allowances curtailed? Hypothetically speaking, an MP could get arrested shortly after he gets elected. For the whole term of 5 years then, he will draw full salary and other benefits even if criminal proceedings against him have been initiated in the competent court. 

One could argue that a person's salary and allowances as an MP should only be disallowed if he gets disqualified as an MP. Well, the law says that a person gets disqualified as an MP only if the court convicts him of the offence for which he was arrested. The criminal justice system being heavily over burdened by cases, this could take several years ! So not only does the MP draw full salary and allowances and other benefits during his tenure as an MP, he also gets to enjoy all the pensionary benefits, notwithstanding the fact that a criminal case against him is plodding its way in the competent court. Surprisingly, the law does not even provide for recovery of the salary and allowances that he has already drawn  if the MP is disqualified upon conviction for a criminal offence.


Its time that we, the people, demanded that the Representation of the People Act, 1951 be amended ----- to provide for curtailment of the salary and allowances if the MP's performance is not satisfactory, or if he gets charge sheeted for a serious offence. 

For more details on the amenities of MPs, please see this link ---- http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/AMENITIES.aspx  and here is a link to the Representation of the People Act, 1951 ---
http://lawmin.nic.in/legislative/election/volume%201/representation%20of%20the%20people%20act,%201951.pdf

Rahul Gandhi, aap RML mein kyon?

Yet another terror blast. Eleven lives lost, scores injured, hundreds traumatised, millions wondering whether we will ever again live with a sense of security in the land of our birth.

The Prime Minister and the Home Minister have made statements that one does not really need to hear because, tragically enough, the very same statements are made every time a terror blast takes place.

Rahul Gandhi is visiting the RML Hospital, where the injured are being taken to receive medical care. Is there a single good reason for his visit? Is the RML Hospital not equipped to take care of the injured? Will the doctors and other medical staff  discharge their duties better because Rahul Gandhi is visiting? Will the injured get any relief from pain? Will those who have lost their limbs get them back? Will the family members forget even for a millionth of a fraction of a second the pain of their loved ones ?

Does he not realise that his visit throws all arrangements at the hospital awry, and that the police force will have to step up security measures, move away relatives and friends of those injured in the blast and others receiving medical care at the hospital? Are the doctors to attend to the patients or to brief him?

When will our leaders cease to make empty gestures? 

If Rahul Gandhi is so concerned about the victims of the terror blasts, why does he not ask the government to take concrete, meaningful measures to improve internal security? Why does he not press for police reforms?  

There ought to be a statutory requirement that so long as the police authorities do not publicly declare that a visit to the site of the terror attack or the hospitals will no compromise the investigation or the interests of the victims of the attack, no one who is not directly connected with the investigation will visit the site or the hospitals, including Ministers, Members of Parliament and other VIPs. 

Simple anti corruption measures that work

Anti corruption measures are not always about enacting new laws or setting up new institutions. Small and simple measures work equally well.

The measures taken by Sanjay Bhatia, Commissioner of Sales Tax, Maharashtra, are a very good example of how existing laws can be better implemented by the existing institutions through small and simple changes. 

Sales Tax officials had discretionary powers to reduce a penalty imposed on a trader for late payment of tax  from Rs 10,000 to Rs. 100. The discretionary powers were scrapped and  mandatory penalty of Rs 5000 imposed for late payment. Immediately, the percentage of timely payment rose from 35 per cent to 90 per cent.

At least 2,000 traders queued up daily for the mandatory C form for tax declaration, which could not be easily obtained without paying a bribe. The Commissioner got the C form uploaded on the the department's website and also made arrangements to have the forms delivered at the trader's doorstep. 

 Besides, decisions on transfers are now being taken by a committee so that even a clerk gets to have a say in an Additional Commissioner's transfer.

The extent of corruption that these and other simple measures  have been able to control can be measured by the fact that in just one year, the Sales Tax revenue increased by nearly 30 per cent! 

For those of us who wish to make a meaningful contribution to the ongoing people's anti corruption movement, here is an excellent opportunity. Please get in touch with your IAC city coordinator, and as a group, request the local Sales Tax department to introduce similar changes. If their response is lukewarm, lets talk about it through the media, the IAC platform, social media such as Facebook etc ------ and create enough momentum to overcome inertia!

9 lakhs or 900 crores?

( Old Post, Re Published )

In February 2006, Arvind Kejriwal submitted his resignation from government service. In August 2011, about 5 years later, the government discovered that it was owed Rs 9 lakhs by Arvind Kejriwal, which is inclusive of interest amounting to Rs 5 lakhs  on the amount of roughly Rs 4 lakhs which the government says Arvind Kejriwal wrongly drew as salary. 

It does not bother me a great deal whether or not the government is technically correct in its interpretation of the provisions regarding Study Leave, and in its conclusion that Arvind Kejriwal violated the terms and conditions of the bond he signed when he proceeded on leave and was therefore not entitled to draw salary for that period.  That is a matter which can be resolved quickly enough.

What truly bothers me is that the government has made this momentous discovery at a time when Arvind Kejriwal is being hailed as one of the chief architects of a people's movement which may just change the rules of the game where participatory democracy and accountability in governance are concerned. Instead of welcoming the long - awaited awakening of the people, especially of the comfortably fed and housed middle class, the rulers have "elected" to turn a deaf ear to the voice of the people and launch what they mistakenly consider "persecution" of the people's hero.

What short shortsightedness, what utter lack of perspicacity! Do they not understand that a man who has won the hearts and heads of the people with his deep rooted commitment to public good, courage of conviction, sincerity of purpose, willingness to sacrifice and acumen to lead will not be cowed down by a notice from the Income Tax authorities?

The Income Tax authorities would be better advised to expend their energy, time and ingenuousness on recovering the thousands of crores owed as Income tax dues by Individuals and corporates. Under the FRBM Rules, 2004, the Union Budget now includes a statement  "Tax Revenues raised but not realised", a euphemistic manner of stating the bald truth about the income tax dues that the government is unable to recover from defaulters. The statistics are mind boggling. Individuals owe the government Rs 57,932 crore, and corporates owe another Rs 51,553 crore ----- a grand total of Rs 109, 485 crores of Income Tax not paid which the government finds itself unable to recover!

As per the Union Budget, an amount of Rs 42,949 crore is not even under dispute, which means that the government can employ any means it chooses, including coercive measures such as attachment and sale of the defaulter's property, to recover this amount. Of this, Rs 828 crore is the undisputed amount owed by individuals to the government for more than 10 years ! 

Would you not agree that the Income tax authorities should focus their efforts on recovering these dues? The political bosses may desire action that is politically expedient. They may direct that an ill-advised  notice be sent by the Income tax authorities in a vain attempt to discredit Arvind Kejriwal. The Income tax authorities, surely, should know better. What should be their priority ----the 9 lakhs that Arvind Kejriwal may or may not owe, or the nearly 900 crore that have been pending recovery for more than 10 years?

Do take a look at Annex 11 of the Union Budget ----- http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2011-12/rec/annex11.pdf .

Dear MP,where were you on 27/8?

 On 27/8, when the Lok Sabha discussed and debated the three Lokpal- related  issues that were referred to it by the government, unable as it was to resist any longer the immense public pressure galvanised by Anna Hazare, many political and social commentators described it a historic day in the nation's history. Not all MPs agreed with that assessment, it seems ----why else would they have absented themselves from the Lok Sabha on that historic day ?

 Here is the Lok Sabha's Attendance Record for 27/8 -----NS signifies "Not Signed" and "S" signifies signed . Please note that Ministers are not required to sign the Attendance Record so some of them were present that day but NS appears against their name.Its not possible to say, however, that all the Minsters against whose name NS appears were indeed present. There are even some Ministers like Pranit Patil who have signed the Attendance Record. We should ask the Parliament the rationale for exempting Ministers from the requirement of signing the Attendance Record, shouldn't we?

Its a long list, but do scroll down ---- on 27/8, as many as 160 MPs had not signed the Attendance Record. Even if one excludes the Ministers, giving them the benefit of doubt, the number of absentees is mind boggling. Shashi Tharoor, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav, Sanjay Singh,Mausam Noor, Supriya Sule, Shibu Soren, Babulal Marandi ----the list of absentees cuts across party lines! 

Div. No Name of Member Attendance Status 2 Shri Pranab Mukherjee NS 3 Smt. Sonia Gandhi NS 4 Shri Sharad Pawar NS 5 Shri P. Chidambaram NS 6 Kumari Mamata Banerjee NS 7 Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal NS 8 Shri Virbhadra Singh NS 9 Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde NS 10 Shri M. Veerappa Moily NS 11 Shri Farooq Abdullah NS 12 Shri Kamal Nath NS 13 Shri S. Jaipal Reddy NS 14 Shri Paban Singh Ghatowar NS 15 Shri Dayanidhi Maran NS 16 Shri A. Raja NS 17 Shri Mallikarjun Kharge NS 18 Shri Kapil Sibal NS 19 Dr. C. P. Joshi NS 20 Shri Subodh Kant Sahay NS 21 Kumari Selja NS 22 Shri Harish Rawat S 23 Shri Mukul Wasnik NS 24 Shri M. K. Alagiri NS 25 Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal NS 26 Shri Salman Khurshid NS 27 Shri V. Kishore Chandra S. Deo NS 28 Shri Beni Prasad Verma NS 29 Shri Dinesh Trivedi NS 30 Shri Praful Patel NS 31 Smt. Krishna Tirath NS 32 Shri Dinsha Patel NS 33 Shri Ajay Maken NS 34 Prof. K.V. Thomas NS 35 Shri Srikanta Kumar Jena NS 36 Shri Mullappally Ramachandran NS 37 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia NS 38 Shri V. Narayanasamy NS 39 Shri E. Ahamed NS 40 Smt. D. Purandeswari NS 41 Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi NS 42 Shri K.H. Muniyappa NS 43 Shri Namo Narain Meena NS 44 Shri M.M. Pallam Raju NS 45 Prof. Saugata Ray NS 46 Shri S.S. Palanimanickam NS 47 Shri Jitin Prasad NS 48 Shri Bharatbhai Madhavsinh Solanki NS 49 Smt. Preneet Kaur NS 50 Shri Mahadev Singh NS 51 Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari NS 52 Shri Sultan Ahmed NS 53 Choudhury Mohan Jatua NS 54 Shri D. Napoleon NS 55 Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan NS 56 Shri S. Gandhiselvan NS 57 Dr. Tusharbhai A. Chaudhari NS 58 Shri Sachin Pilot NS 59 Shri Pratik Patil S 60 Ku. R.P.N. Singh NS 61 Shri Rahul Gandhi NS 62 Shri Sandeep Dikshit S 63 Smt. Priya Dutt S 64 Shri Deepender Singh Hooda S 65 Shri Vincent H. Pala S 66 Shri Pradeep Jain Aditya NS 67 Km. Agatha K. Sangma NS 68 Shri K. C. Venugopal NS 69 Dr. Charan Das Mahant NS 70 Shri Jitender Singh NS 71 Shri Milind Deora NS 72 Shri Arun Yadav S 73 Dr. Shashi Tharoor NS 74 Shri J.M. Aaron Rashid NS 75 Shri Naveen Jindal S 76 Shri Madhu Goud Yaskhi NS 77 Shri Satpal Maharaj NS 78 Shri Vijay Bahuguna S 79 Shri Madan Lal Sharma S 80 Chaudhary Lal Singh S 81 Shri Mohammed Azharuddin S 82 Shri Hamdullah Sayeed S 83 Shri Ashok Tanwar S 84 Shri K.C. Singh Baba NS 85 Shri Vijay Inder Singla S 87 Shri P. Balram Naik NS 88 Shri Sabbam Hari S 89 Shri Ravneet Singh S 90 Shri Mahabal Mishra S 91 Shri Ramesh Kumar S 92 Shri Ismail Hussain S 93 Shri Mohammad Asrarul Haque NS 94 Shri Takam Sanjoy S 95 Shri Ninong Ering NS 96 Shri Lal Chand Kataria S 97 Shri P. Viswanathan S 98 Shri Sheesh Ram Ola S 99 Shri T.R. Baalu NS 100 Shri Vilasrao Baburao Muttemwar S 101 Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit NS 102 Shri Suresh Kalmadi NS 103 Shri Bijoy Krishna Handique S 104 Shri A. Sai Prathap S 105 Shri Gurudas Kamat NS 106 Dr. Chinta Mohan NS 107 Shri Biren Singh Engti S 108 Shri Kavuri Samba Siva Rao S 109 Shri Kantilal Bhuria S 110 Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal S 111 Shri Kodikunnil Suresh NS 112 Shri Datta Meghe S 113 Shri Rayapati S. Rao NS 114 Shri Raj Babbar S 115 Dr. Manda Jagannath NS 116 Shri A. Venkatarami Reddy NS 117 Shri Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel NS 118 Shri Avtar Singh Bhadana S 119 Shri P.C. Chacko NS 120 Dr. Girija Vyas S 121 Shri Inderjit Singh S 122 Shri K. J.S.P. Reddy NS 123 Shri Sanjay Nirupam S 124 Shri Dip Gogoi NS 126 Shri Francisco Sardinha NS 127 Shri Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy NS 128 Shri N.S.V. Chitthan S 129 Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma S 130 Dr. Sanjay Singh NS 131 Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury NS 132 Shri Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar S 133 Shri Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy NS 134 Shri Bhakta Charan Das S 135 Shri Tarachand Bhagora S 136 Smt. Ranee Narah S 137 Rajkumari Ratna Singh NS 138 Smt. Chandresh Kumari S 139 Smt. Santosh Chowdhary NS 140 Sardar Sukhdev Singh Libra S 141 Shri Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi S 142 Shri Sarvey Sathyanarayana NS 143 Shri Anjan Kumar Yadav. M NS 144 Shri Gutha Sukender Reddy NS 145 Shri G.V. Harsha Kumar S 146 Shri Aruna Kumar Vundavalli S 147 Shri S.P.Y. Reddy NS 148 Shri Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya S 149 Shri Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Maadam Ahir S 150 Shri Lagadapati Rajagopal NS 151 Smt. Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi S 152 Smt. Ingrid Mcleod S 153 Shri Bapiraju Kanumuru S 154 Shri Kishan V. Patel S 155 Shri Eknath Gaikwad S 156 Dr. Thokchom Meinya S 157 Shri M. Krishnaswamy NS 158 Dr. Nirmal Khatri S 159 Shri A.H. Khan Choudhury NS 160 Smt. Shruti Choudhry S 161 Dr. Prabha Kishore Taviad S 162 Smt. Rajesh Nandini Singh S 163 Ms. Mausam Noor NS 164 Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi S 165 Smt. Annu Tandon S 166 Smt. Meenakshi Natrajan S 167 Dr. Jyoti Mirdha S 168 Dr. Krupa Rani Killi S 169 Shri Manicka Tagore S 170 Shri Prabhakar Ponnam NS 171 Shri Sajjan Singh Verma S 172 Shri Abdul Mannan Hossain NS 173 Shri S. Alagiri NS 174 Shri Basori Singh Masram S 175 Shri Kuvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavalia NS 176 Shri Vitthalbhai Harnsrajbhai Radadiya NS 177 Dr. G. Vivekanand NS 178 Shri Suresh Kumar Shetkar NS 179 Shri Mukeshkumar Bheiravdanji Gadhvi S 180 Shri Jagdish Thakor S 181 Shri Adagooru Vishwanath NS 182 Shri R. Dhruvanarayana NS 183 Shri K. Sudhakaran NS 184 Shri Ajay Kumar S 185 Shri M. K. Raghavan NS 186 Shri K. P. Dhanapalan S 187 Shri Dara Singh Chauhan S 188 Shri Lalu Prasad S 189 Shri Shibu Soren NS 190 Shri T.K.S. Elangovan S 191 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay NS 192 Smt. Supriya Sule NS 193 Shri Ambica Banerjee S 194 Shri Gobinda Chandra Naskar NS 195 Shri Somen Mitra NS 196 Shri D. Venugopal NS 197 Shri A.K.S. Vijayan NS 198 Shri E.G. Sugavanam NS 199 Shri Adhi Sankar NS 200 Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Naik S 201 Shri Tapas Paul NS 202 Shri S.K. Nurul Islam NS 203 Shri Kabir Suman NS 204 Shri Kalyan Banerjee NS 205 Shri Suvendu Adhikari NS 206 Shri R. Thamaraiselvan S 207 Shri Abdul Rahman NS 208 Shri Sameer Bhujbal S 209 Shri Udayanraje Bhonsle NS 210 Smt. Satabdi Roy NS 211 Shri Babu Lal Marandi NS 212 Shri Mirza Mehboob Beg S 213 Shri Jagdambika Pal S 214 Shri N.Dharam Singh S 215 Shri H.D. Kumaraswamy NS 216 Shri Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary S 217 Shri Asaduddin Owaisi NS 218 Shri K. R. G. Reddy NS 219 Shri Rajaiah Siricilla NS 220 Shri Jitendra Singh S 221 Shri P.L. Punia S 222 Shri Kamal Kishor Commando S 223 Shri Vinay Kumar Pandey S 224 Shri Harsh Vardhan S 225 Shri Praveen Singh Aron S 226 Shri Pradeep Tamta S 227 Shri S. S. Ramasubbu S 228 Shri Sharief Ud Din Shariq S 229 Shri Mahesh Joshi S 230 Shri Ijyaraj Singh S 231 Shri E. T. Muhammed Basheer NS 232 Shri Gopal Singh Shekhawat S 233 Shri Raghuvir Singh Meena S 234 Shri Harish Choudhary S 235 Shri Badri Ram Jakhar S 236 Shri Khiladi Lal Bairwa S 237 Shri Ratan Singh S 238 Shri Raja Ram Pal S 239 Shri Bharat Ram Meghwal S 240 Shri Zafar Ali Naqvi NS 241 Shri Manish Tewari S 242 Shri Charles Dias S 243 Shri Mohinder Singh Kaypee S 244 Shri Partap Singh Bajwa NS 245 Adv. P. T. Thomas S 246 Shri M. I. Shanavas S 247 Shri Anto Antony S 248 Shri N. Peethambarakurup NS 249 Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar NS 250 Shri Sivakumar @ Ritheesh S 251 Shri Sanjay Dina Patil S 252 Shri Narayan Singh Amlabe S 253 Shri Jose K. Mani S 254 Shri Kameshwar Baitha S 255 Shri N. Cheluvaraya Swamy NS 256 Shri Thol Thirumaavalavan S 257 Shri Prem Das Rai S 258 Shri C. M. Chang S 259 Shri Baliram Jadhav S 260 Dr. Sucharu Ranjan Haldar NS 261 Dr. Ratna De (Nag) NS 262 Smt. J. Helen Davidson S 263 Shri S. R. Jeyadurai NS 264 Shri Uday Pratap Singh S 265 Shri Premchand Guddu S 266 Shri Marotrao Sainuji Kowase S 267 Shri Suresh Kashinath Taware S 268 Shri Jaywant Gangaram Awale NS 269 Dr. Nilesh N. Rane S 270 Shri Thangso Baite S 271 Shri Pradeep Majhi S 272 Shri Amarnath Pradhan S 273 Shri Hemanand Biswal S 274 Shri Sanjay Bhoi S 275 Shri C. L. Ruala S 276 Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav NS 277 Shri H.D. Devegowda S 278 Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh S 279 Dr. Bali Ram S 280 Shri Gurudas Das Gupta S 282 Shri Shailendra Kumar S 283 Shri Bhisma Shankar Alias Kushal Tiwari S 284 Shri P. Karunakaran NS 285 Dr. M. Thambidurai S 286 Shri Akhilesh Yadav NS 287 Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat S 288 Shri Shafiqur Rahman Barq S 289 Shri Baju Ban Riyan NS 290 Shri S. Semmalai S 291 Shri Kalyan Singh S 292 Shri Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh S 293 Shri Tufani Saroj S 294 Shri Jagdish Singh Rana S 295 Shri Vijay Bahadur Singh S 296 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome S 297 Shri Khagen Das S 298 Shri O. S. Manian S 299 Shri R.K. Singh Patel S 300 Smt. Sushila Saroj S 301 Smt. Seema Upadhyay S 302 Smt. Tabassum Hasan S 303 Shri Prabodh Panda NS 304 Shri Bansagopal Chowdhury NS 305 Shri P. Venugopal S 306 Shri C. Rajendran NS 307 Shri Madhu Koda S 308 Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh S 309 Shri Ramkishun S 310 Shri Rakesh Sachan S 312 Smt. Raj Kumari Chauhan S 313 Smt. Kaisar Jahan NS 314 Shri P.R. Natarajan S 315 Adv. A. Sampath S 316 Shri Manohar Tirkey NS 317 Shri M. Anandan S 318 Shri Hassan Khan S 319 Shri Premdas S 320 Shri Dharmendra Yadav S 321 Shri Neeraj Shekhar S 322 Shri Gorakhnath Pandey S 323 Shri Dhananjay Singh S 324 Smt. Susmita Bauri S 325 Dr. Anup Kumar Saha S 326 Shri Pulin Bihari Baske S 327 Shri Narahari Mahato S 328 Shri K. Sugumar S 329 Shri Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik S 330 Shri Badruddin Ajmal NS 331 Smt. Usha Verma S 332 Shri Bal Kumar Patel S 333 Shri Rakesh Pandey S 334 Shri Gorakh Prasad Jaiswal S 335 Shri Saidul Haque S 336 Shri Mahendra Kumar Roy S 337 Shri C. Sivasami NS 338 Shri Om Prakash Yadav S 339 Shri Jagada Nand Singh S 340 Shri Pakauri Lal S 341 Shri Ghanshyam Anuragi S 342 Shri Kamlesh Balmiki S 343 Shri Arvind Kumar Chaudhary S 344 Shri Deoraj Singh Patel S 345 Shri Ramashankar Rajbhar S 346 Shri P. K. Biju S 347 Shri M. B. Rajesh S 348 Shri P. Lingam S 349 Shri Nripendra Nath Roy S 350 Shri P. Kumar S 351 Dr. Padamsinha Bajirao Patil NS 352 Shri Uma Shanaker Singh S 353 Shri Raju Shetti NS 354 Shri Mithlesh Kumar S 355 Shri Yashvir Singh S 356 Shri Radhey Mohan Singh NS 357 Shri Kapil Muni Karwariya S 358 Shri Surendra Singh Nagar S 359 Shri Kadir Rana S 360 Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai S 361 Shri Sakti Mohan Malik NS 362 Shri Prasanta Kumar Majumdar S 363 Shri Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy NS 364 Dr. Tarun Mondal S 365 Shri Basudeb Acharia S 366 Shri Sharad Yadav NS 367 Shri Arjun Charan Sethi S 368 Shri Anant Gangaram Geete S 369 Shri Ram Sundar Das S 370 Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab S 372 Shri Ajit Singh S 373 Shri Anandrao Adsul NS 374 Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh @ Lalan Singh S 375 Shri K. Chandrasekhar Rao NS 376 Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala NS 377 Shri Prasanna Patasani S 378 Shri Chandrakant Khaire NS 379 Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav S 380 Shri Mangani Lal Mandal S 381 Shri Inder Singh Namdhari S 382 Smt. Jaya Prada Nahata NS 383 Shri Tathagata Satpathy S 384 Smt. Bhavana Gawali S 385 Dr. Ranjan Prasad Yadav S 386 Capt.(Retd.) Jainarayan Prasad Nishad NS 387 Dr. Monazir Hassan S 388 Shri Nama Nageswara Rao NS 389 Harsimrat Kaur Badal S 390 Smt. Paramjit Kaur Gulshan S 391 Shri Mohan Jena S 392 Shri Shivaji Adhalrao Patil S 393 Shri Jagdish Sharma S 394 Shri Sushil Kumar Singh S 395 Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia S 396 Shri Jayant Chaudhary S 397 Shri Ramesh Rathod NS 398 Ms. M. Vijaya Shanthi NS 399 Shri Pinaki Misra S 400 Shri Baijayant Panda NS 401 Shri Anand Prakash Paranjpe S 402 Shri Vishwa Mohan Kumar S 403 Shri Baidyanath Prasad Mahto S 404 Shri Suresh Angadi NS 405 Shri Ramen Deka S 406 Smt. Rama Devi S 407 Shri Sanjay Singh Chauhan S 408 Shri K. Narayana Rao NS 409 Shri Jayaram Pangi NS 410 Shri Rudramadhab Ray S 411 Shri A. Ganeshamurthi NS 412 Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav S 413 Shri Arjun Roy S 414 Smt. Aswamedh Devi NS 415 Shri P. C. Mohan S 416 Shri Jeetendra Singh Bundela S 417 Shri Hari Manjhi S 418 Shri Modugula Venugopala Reddy S 419 Shri Naramalli Sivaprasad NS 420 Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena S 421 Shri Nityananda Pradhan NS 422 Shri Subhash Bapurao Wankhede S 423 Shri Mahabali Singh NS 424 Shri Purnmasi Ram S 425 Smt. Darshana Jardosh S 426 Kum. Saroj Pandey S 427 Shri Yashbant N.S. Laguri NS 428 Shri Kalikesh N. Singh Deo S 429 Shri Kristappa Nimmala S 430 Shri Devendra Nagpal S 431 Shri Gajanan Babar S 432 Adv. Ganeshrao Nagorao Dudhgaonkar S 433 Smt. Meena Singh S 434 Shri Bhudeo Choudhary NS 435 Shri Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure S 436 Shri Kamlesh Paswan S 437 Prof. Ramshankar Kataria S 438 Shri Rajendra Agarwal S 439 Shri Varun Gandhi S 440 Smt. Sarika D.S. Baghel S 441 Shri Sidhant Mohapatra S 442 Shri Laxman Tudu NS 443 Smt. Putul Kumari S 444 Shri Kaushalendra Kumar S 445 Shri Maheshwar Hazari S 446 Shri Sher Singh Ghubaya NS 447 Shri Joseph Toppo S 448 Shri Virender Kashyap S 449 Shri Shivaramagouda Shivanagouda S 450 Shri Udasi Shivkumar Chanabasappa S 451 Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal S 452 Shri Ramesh Vishwanath Katti NS 453 Shri S. Pakkirappa S 454 Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi NS 455 Shri Rajnath Singh S 456 Shri Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde S 457 Shri Lal Krishna Advani S 458 Smt. Sushma Swaraj NS 459 Shri Kariya Munda NS 460 Shri Shatrughan Sinha S 461 Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain S 462 Shri Hukamdeo Narayan Yadav S 463 Shri Yashwant Sinha S 464 Shri Ramesh Bais S 465 Shri Ananth Kumar S 466 Shri Jaswant Singh S 467 Smt. Maneka Gandhi NS 468 Shri Kabindra Purkayastha S 469 Shri Dilip Singh Judev S 470 Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty S 471 Shri Harin Pathak S 473 Shri Kailash Joshi S 474 Smt. Sumitra Mahajan S 475 Shri Yogi Adityanath NS 476 Shri Rajendrasinh Rana S 477 Shri Narendra Singh Tomar S 478 Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda NS 479 Shri Vishnu Deo Sai S 480 Shri Radha Mohan Singh S 481 Shri Shripad Yesso Naik S 482 Shri Nikhil Kumar Choudhary S 483 Shri Dilip Kumar Mansukhlal Gandhi S 484 Shri Anant Kumar Hegde S 485 Shri Ramakant Yadav NS 486 Shri Ram Singh Kaswan S 487 Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava NS 488 Shri G.S. Basavaraj S 489 Shri D.B. Chandre Gowda NS 490 Shri Kashayp Dinesh NS 491 Shri Ashok Argal S 492 Shri Virendra Kumar S 493 Shri Ganesh Singh S 494 Shri Rakesh Singh S 495 Shri Anurag Singh Thakur S 496 Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve S 497 Shri Rajen Gohain NS 498 Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir S 499 Shri Sohan Potai S 500 Shri Ramsinhbhai Patalbhai Rathwa S 501 Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi S 502 Shri Ravindra Kumar Pandey S 503 Shri Kirti Azad S 504 Shri Uday Singh S 505 Shri Sanjay Dhotre NS 506 Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar S 507 Shri Navjot Singh Sidhu S 508 Shri Harischandra Deoram Chavan NS 509 Shri Haribhau Jawale S 510 Shri G.M. Siddeswara NS 511 Shri Dushyant Singh S 512 Shri Bishnu Pada Ray S 513 Shri Prahlad Joshi S 514 Shri Govind Prasad Mishra S 515 Shri Dinubhai Boghabhal Solanki NS 516 Shri Chandulal Sahu Chandu Bhaiya S 517 Shri Bhupendra Singh NS 518 Shri Sudarshan Bhagat S 519 Dr. Rajan Sushant S 520 Shri Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan S 521 Shri Pashupati Nath Singh S 522 Shri Lalji Tandon S 523 Shri Devidhan Besra NS 524 Dr. Bhola Singh S 525 Shri Devji M. Patel S 526 Shri C. R. Patil S 527 Shri Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla NS 528 Shri B. Y. Raghavendra S 529 Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal S 530 Shri A.T. Nana Patil S 531 Shri Shivraj Bhaiya S 532 Shri Sonawane Pratap Narayanrao NS 533 Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh S 534 Shri Makhansingh Solanki S 535 Shri Chauhan Mahendrasinh S 536 Shri Madhusudan Yadav NS 537 Shri Lalubhai B. Patel NS 538 Dr. Kiritbhai Premajibhai Solanki S 539 Shri K. D. Deshmukh S 540 Shri Janardhana Swamy S 541 Smt. Kamla Devi Patle S 542 Smt. Jyoti Dhurve S 543 Smt. J. Shantha S 544 Smt. Jayshreeben Kanubhai Patel S 545 Shri Nishikant Dubey S 546 Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel NS 547 Shri Naranbhai Kachhadia NS 548 Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel S 549 Shri Murarilal Singh S 550 Smt. Jat Poonamben Veljibhai S