Asaduddin Owaisi, Tejasvi Surya among eight MPs selected for Parliamentarian of the Year Awards 2021
New Delhi: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP Yuva Morcha National President Tejasvi Surya are among the eight MPs selected for the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards for 2021.
Eight Members of Parliament, including veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony, BJD’s Bhartruhari Mahtab, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien, NCP’s Vandana Chavan, are among those selected for the 4th Edition of the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2022.
BJP’s Locket Chatterjee, and RJD’s Manoj Kumar Jha are the other Parliamentarians unanimously selected by a ‘Board of Jury’ for the awards.
Antony and Mahtab have been selected for the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ category; Chavan and Chatterjee are for the ‘Best Women Parliamentarian of the Year’ award while Surya and Jha have been chosen in the ‘Best Debutant’ category.
The Lokmat Parliamentary Awards are given to the outstanding Parliamentarians for their contribution in eight different categories (four each from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) every year, a release from the publication said.
The Board Jury headed by NCP president Sharad Pawar and comprised former Union Ministers Ghulam Nabi Azad; Suresh Prabhu; RSP’s N.K. Premachandran; former Rajya Sabha secretary general Yogendra Narayan; founder Editor-in-Chief The Print, Shekhar Gupta; News Director, TV9 Bharatvarsh, Hemant Sharma; Lokmat editorial board chairman and former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda; Senior Editor, Sharad Gupta, and National Editor, Lokmat group Harish Gupta.
The Board of Jury studied the parliamentary contribution for the year 2020 and 2021 of all MPS to select the winners.
Just found out I’ve been awarded “Parliamentarian of the Year” by #LokmatParliamentaryAwards. Thanks to @lokmat for the honour. MPs have to hold govt accountable. From PMAY to #Pegasus to foreigners’ tribunals, I’ve used my position in public interest & will continue to do so
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Barber held for beating man to death over 'bidi' in east Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A 32-year-old barber was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly beating a man to death following an altercation over a 'bidi' in east Delhi's Pandav Nagar area, police said.
A call regarding the incident that occurred near the bus stand road in Shashi Garden was received at 1.24 am, they said.
The victim was identified as Deepak (28), while the accused was Manoj, he added.
According to the police, during an argument, the accused picked up a wooden stick lying nearby and struck the victim repeatedly on the head. Multiple injuries and bruise marks were also found on the victim's forehead.
"Deepak was taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead," an officer said.
An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway, the officer added.
