“How would you feel if Amit Shah were to come to your rally and didn’t show up at the last moment,” he asked once. Then he turned, looked at some BJP MPs and repeated his question. PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah had delivered a record majority for the BJP in the just-concluded national elections. Nearly half of the 542 MPs elected in the national elections, 268, are first-timer Lok Sabha MPs. The problem of MPs skipping sittings is not unique to this Lok Sabha, or the BJP.

Source: Hindustan Times July 02, 2019 09:33 UTC