Outstanding Parliamentarian Award

Template:Short description Template:More citations Template:Use dmy dates The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award is an award given by the Indian Parliamentary Group to an outstanding sitting Member of the Indian Parliament for overall contribution in the Indian Parliament. It was instituted in 1995 by Shivraj Patil, who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996.<ref name=Group>Template:Cite web</ref>

Recipients

List of Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards Winner

Year	Laureates		Party
1995	File:Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg	Chandra Shekhar<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
1996	File:Somnath Chatterjee speaking at the inauguration of the Eighth meeting of the Commonwealth Chief Election Officers, organised by the Election Commission of India in co-ordination with the Commonwealth Secretariat, in New Delhi.jpg	Somnath Chatterjee<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
1997	File:Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg	Pranab Mukherjee<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
1998	File:Jaipal Sudini Reddy 03212.JPG	Jaipal Reddy<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
1999	File:Lkadvani.jpg	Lal Krishna Advani<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
2000	File:Arjun Singh.jpg	Arjun Singh<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
2001	File:Jaswant Singh.jpg	Jaswant Singh<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
2002	File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg	Manmohan Singh<ref name=Group/>	Template:Party name with color
2003	File:Sharad Pawar, Minister of AgricultureCrop.jpg	Sharad Pawar	Template:Party name with color
2004	File:Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg	Sushma Swaraj	Template:Party name with color
2005	File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg	P. Chidambaram	Template:Party name with color
2006	File:Mani Shankar Aiyar at KLF2016.jpg	Mani Shankar Aiyar	Template:Party name with color
2007	File:Priyaranjan Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of a workshop on Gender Equality in Indian Media being organized by the Ministry of women and child Development on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day.jpg	Priyaranjan Das Munshi<ref name=Munshi>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Party name with color
2008		Mohan Singh<ref name=Munshi/>	Template:Party name with color
2009	File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg	Murli Manohar Joshi<ref name=Munshi/>	Template:Party name with color
2010	File:Arun Jaitley, Minister.jpg	Arun Jaitley	Template:Party name with color
2011	File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg	Karan Singh	Template:Party name with color
2012	File:Sharadyadavjdu.jpg	Sharad Yadav	Template:Party name with color
2013	File:The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla addressing at the inauguration of an exhibition, in New Delhi on March 19, 2016.jpg	Najma Heptulla	Template:Party name with color
2014	File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2014 to Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, at a function, at Parliament House, in New Delhi (cropped).JPG	Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	Template:Party name with color
2015	File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg	Ghulam Nabi Azad	Template:Party name with color
2016	File:Dinesh trivedi.jpg	Dinesh Trivedi	Template:Party name with color
2017	File:Surendra Nath Acharya being felicitated by Bhartruhari Mahtab.jpg	Bhartruhari Mahtab<ref name="Rajya Sabha Congratulates Best Parliamentarian Awardees">Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Party name with color

Criticism

It has been observed that the award has been awarded in a pattern to senior leaders of major political parties. Questions have been raised on the need, seriousness and authenticity of the exercise to present the ‘Outstanding Parliamentarian Award’.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• Parliament of India, official website
• Indian Parliamentary Group winners list

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