Jamshedpur MP to be conferred with Sansad Ratna Award

Jamshedpur, Feb 23: BJP’s Bidyut Baran Mahato is among 11 MPs who will be getting the Sansad Ratna Award 2022 for their performance in the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Point Foundation said.

The 11 parliamentarians include eight from the Lok Sabha and three from the Rajya Sabha, the foundation said in a statement.

The 12th edition of the Sansad Ratna Award function will be held on March 22 in the national capital.

After the announcement, MP said that this award is dedicated to the people of Jamshedpur including the poor, farmers, laborers and youth of Jamshedpur Lok Sabha Constituency. Jamshedpur MP thanked people for choosing him as their representative in Lok Sabha and said that he will always try to live up to their expectations. Expressing happiness, Mahato said that all the credit goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, under his efficient leadership, supervision and guidance I got an opportunity to learn, understand and know a lot in Lok Sabha. MP further said that it is his endeavor to dedicate himself to the people of the region.

The awardees were selected based on their cumulative performance from the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha till the end of the winter session 2021 based on the data provided by PRS India, Prime Point Foundation’s founding chairman K Srinivasan said.

The awards were instituted on the suggestion of former president late APJ Abdul Kalam, to honour the top performing parliamentarians.

The first award function was held in 2010 at Chennai and Kalam himself launched the initiative. Till now, 75 top performing parliamentarians have been honoured, according to the foundation.