Bhuban da,
What you said is theoretically up to the point. That
is the procedure. But that does not happen in
practice. When questions are selected for reply in the
house, few points are considered:
1. Regional coverage
2. Influence of the MP
3. Media coverage of the matter
4. Personal preference of the presiding officer (as
well as the Parliamentary Affairs minister, PAM) as
PAM reminds the concerned minister about the questions
5. Number of questions received from a member
6. Many more!!!!
My point was, there are lots of problems in Assam
(even the whole country). If you bring 10 to 20 points
to the secretariat, at least one or two questions will
come to the house. It is MPs job to bring peoples
problems to government's notice.
About Sonia Gandhi, that was a humor! Never the less,
it has become a reality. The congress MPs are afraid
to bring any problem to government's notice as both
the Center and the state is ruled by Congress. It
might implicate the party. Have you ever heard about
their participation in discussion!
BTW, I had a chance to meet PA Sangma when he was
Speaker of the house and was able to talk to him for
about an hour and selection of questions in either
house of parliament was one of the point he explained.
Ganesh
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