Shillong MP records 84% attendance in Lok Sabha

SHILLONG: The sitting Shillong MP Vincent Pala, who is seeking a re-election, has had an attendance percentage of 84 in Parliament since 2009.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, the PRS Legislative Research, Institute for Policy Research Studies, said that while Pala’s attendance in Parliament was 84%, he took part in debates on three occasions. The MP also asked 28 questions in Lok Sabha.
Pala’s performance was recorded from October 2012 to February, 2014 after he resigned as a minister in October, 2012
Earlier, the PRS Legislative Research data had said that Tura’s sitting MP Agatha Sangma had a low attendance of 49 per cent and she neither asked question nor took part in debates.
Pala attacks BJP, others: Pala, meanwhile, said that the BJP and the other political parties have no plan or policy for the benefit of the people and their one and only aim is to defeat Congress party in the upcoming election.
While taking part in an election rally at Mawkyrwat, Pala also said that the BJP was against the growth and development of the people of the state “as it plans to do away with the reservation system which has so far been a useful tool in helping the weak and the poor stand up on their own feet and compete against the privileged few.”
Talking about his party’s agenda for the next five years, Pala said that Congress cared about the senior citizens and the youth equally and planned to implement several policies.
He also stressed on the importance of sports as a career option and added that the party plans to bring up several professional sports universities one of which will be built in Shillong especially for the youth of the North Eastern region.