Outstanding Parliamentarian Award

The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award is an award given by the Indian Parliamentary Group to an outstanding sitting Member of the Indian Parliament for overall contribution in the Indian Parliament. It was instituted in 1995 by Shivraj Patil, who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996.[1]

Recipients

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List of Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards Winner
Year Laureates Party
1995   Chandra Shekhar[1] SJP(R)
1996   Somnath Chatterjee[1] CPI(M)
1997   Pranab Mukherjee[1] INC
1998   S. Jaipal Reddy[1] JD
1999   Lal Krishna Advani[1] BJP
2000   Arjun Singh[1] INC
2001   Jaswant Singh[1] BJP
2002   Manmohan Singh[1] INC
2003   Sharad Pawar NCP
2004   Sushma Swaraj BJP
2005   P. Chidambaram INC
2006   Mani Shankar Aiyar INC
2007   Priyaranjan Das Munshi[2] INC
2008 Mohan Singh[2] SP
2009   Murli Manohar Joshi[2] BJP
2010   Arun Jaitley BJP
2011   Karan Singh INC
2012   Sharad Yadav JD(U)
2013   Najma Heptulla BJP
2014
 
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav BJP
2015   Ghulam Nabi Azad INC
2016   Dinesh Trivedi AITC
2017


  Bhartruhari Mahtab[3]


BJD

Criticism

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It has been observed that the award has been awarded in a pattern to senior leaders of major political parties. Questions have been raised on the need, seriousness and authenticity of the exercise to present the ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian Award’.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Indian Parliamentary Group". Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Dasmunsi, M M Joshi to get Outstanding Parliamentarian award". Times of India. New Delhi. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. ^ IANS (2 August 2018). "Rajya Sabha Congratulates Best Parliamentarian Awardees". NDTV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Need for 'please-all' Parliamentarian Award questioned". The Hindu. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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