the Lok Sabha. “I don’t have a choice as there are only two people from my party and so we have to work very hard,” ‘he says of his stellar performance as a parliamentarian.
Rajeev Satav – 20 debates, 153 questions, 89% attendance:
This 40-year-old Congressman is giving Dushyant a run for his money. The Maharashtra MP is an aide of Rahul Gandhi and worked his way up from student politics. Mr Satav was Youth Congress President before he became an MLA and then MP. Perhaps the biggest distinction between him and his leader, Rahul, is their record in the Lok Sabha – Mr Gandhi barely opens his mouth in Parliament. He does not have to, explains loyal Mr Satav. “He is the one who directs us. He tells us how we must conduct ourselves and he has duties other than just Parliament,” he says about Rahul Gandhi.
Bhagwant Mann – 34 debates, 25 questions, 80% attendance:
The Aam Aadmi Party MP may be a former comic, but he knows politics is no laughing matter. Bhagwant Mann’s yellow Bhagat Singh-inspired turban is his calling card, and so are his limericks on budget days. “I have already written part 2 of ‘acche din’,” he says referring to his speech which went viral last year. “I have to be a good MP as I have to be answerable to my people. Whatever it is about Punjab, I have to be there,” says Mr Mann, 41, one of only four AAP members in the House.
Other lawmakers who have excellent records include Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand-turned-MP Ramesh Pokhriyal of the BJP. All first-timers who are giving many established veterans a run for their records in Lok Sabha registers.
There is an award for best Parliamentarian. Winners in the past include Pranab Mukherjee and Sharad Yadav.