Our parliament is made up of 543+ MPs who directly represent us and influence laws that rule our lives. Yet, during Lok Sabha elections, we stay obsessed with national political leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. The reality is that there is no single political leader who can magically transform the country. If we keep electing MPs and MLAs who are incompetent and corrupt, the system will stay broken. So before you vote for your favourite party or leader, do consider who (the specific MP)  you are sending to the Lok Sabha. 

Here is a list of the worst of the worst of the outgoing Lok Sabha.

MP Name	Constituency, State	Political Party	Inside the Parliament	Outside the Parliament
Udayanraje Pratapsingh Bhonsle	Satara, Maharashtra	Nationalist Congress Party	Attendance: 27% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 0 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 12.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 23
S.P.Y. Reddy	Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	Attendance: 13% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 0 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 12.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 2
Dimple Yadav	Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh	Samajwadi Party	Attendance: 31% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 2 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 15 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Muzaffar Hussain Baig	Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	Attendance: 11% Questions asked: 19 Debates participated in: 3 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 15 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Jhina Hikaka	Koraput, Odisha	Biju Janata Dal	Attendance: 64% Questions asked: 17 Debates participated in: 7 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 12.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Uma Saren	Jhargram, West Bengal	All India Trinamool Congress	Attendance: 61% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 0 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 10 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury	Maldaha Dakshin, West Bengal	Indian National Congress	Attendance: 73% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 2 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Sidhant Mohapatra	Berhampur, Odisha	Biju Janata Dal	Attendance: 70% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 6 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
R. Radhakrishnan	Puducherry	All India N.R. Congress	Attendance: 59% Questions asked: 11 Debates participated in: 9 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Shibu Soren	Dumka, Jharkhand	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Attendance: 36% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 0 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Subrata Bakshi	Kolkata Dakshin, West Bengal	All India Trinamool Congress	Attendance: 24% Questions asked: 0 Debates participated in: 0 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Adhikari Deepak (Dev)	Ghatal, West Bengal	All India Trinamool Congress	Attendance: 11% Questions asked: 3 Debates participated in: 2 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 0
Saumitra Khan	Bishnupur, West Bengal	All India Trinamool Congress	Attendance: 65% Questions asked: 15 Debates participated in: 12 Private Member Bills introduced: 0	MPLAD release by GOI: 17.5 CR # of Pending criminal cases: 1

MPs in the above table fall in the bottom 25 percentile in each of the following areas:

• Attendance in the Lok Sabha (average for MP’s analyzed was 80%)
• Questions asked in the Lok Sabha (average for MP’s analyzed was 293)
• Participation in Debates in the Lok Sabha (average for MP’s analyzed was 67)
• Amount of money released by the Government of India for MPLAD i.e. development projects in the MP’s constituency (average for MP’s analyzed was ~Rupees 20.68 crore)
• Additionally, we have also included criminal information (based on affidavits submitted in 2014) and number of private member bills introduced.

The MPs analyzed only included MPs who are currently in office and were sworn-in in 2014. MPs who are ministers were not included in the analysis.

So make sure you are aware of how your current representative has served (or not served you). And don’t forget to visit MyNeta.Info before you vote to help you make an informed voting choice. 

Sources

• MP participation information courtesy PRS Legislative Research
• MP criminal information courtesy National Election Watch
• MPLAD information courtesy Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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