Published 12:10 IST, September 3rd 2019
Supriya Sule the top-performing MP of first session of 17th Lok Sabha
Supriya Sule has been named the top-performing MP of the first session of 17th Lok Sabha. Sule, MP form Baramati had previously topped the 16th Lok Sabha.
Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar, has been named as the best performing M.P. in the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha. Sule, of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), represents the Baramati constituency in Maharashtra. She initiated 34 debates, introduced 4 Private Members Bills, and raised 109 Questions, bringing the total tally to 147, throughout the first session. Her attendance during the Budget Session of 17th Lok Sabha summed up to a complete 100%.
Supriya Sule's Reign as Top Performer
Sule was also selected as the best performing candidate in the 16th Lok Sabha with booming stats. During the 16th Lok Sabha, Sule asked 1,181 questions, moved 22 Private Member’s Bills, initiated 152 debates, and also registered a whopping 100 per cent attendance in the monsoon sessions of 2016, 2017, and 2018, whereas the average attendance of MPs was 80%, according to stats by the PRS.
Sule, a third-time MP, has also been a recipient of numerous accolades. She was awarded the Saansad Ratna Award in January this year and recently was also honoured with Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by All Ladies League for her outstanding contribution to social service. She has held rallies and has been vocal against several issues like female foeticide, the dowry system, and she strongly supports women empowerment. In order to give young girls an opportunity in politics, the Rashtravadi Yuvati Congress was formed under her leadership in 2012.
Sule Wins Baramati Three Times in a Row
Supriya Sule contested and won her first election back in 2009 for the Lok Sabha seat of Baramati constituency in Maharashtra. The seat was preceded by her father and NCP leader Sharad Pawar. She was re-elected in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and similarly bagged her third win a row in 2019 by defeating BJP rival, Kanchan R Kool, with a margin of over 160,000 votes.
Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra, the NCP leader introduced a bill in Lok Sabha proposing Rs 2 crore ex-gratia, job quota, annual vacation for kin of martyrs from armed forces, and also promised to protect the rights of the LGBTQ community if the NCP came to power in Maharashtra.
Updated 20:18 IST, September 3rd 2019