The 14th Lok Sabha (2 June 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election, held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of the first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 8 sitting members from Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of Indian Parliament, were elected to 14th Lok Sabha after the 2004 Indian general election.The next 15th Lok Sabha was convened after 2009 Indian general election.
Bills During the tenure of the 14th Lok Sabha, 60% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination.
Members
Speaker: Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bolpur, West Bengal Deputy Speaker: Charanjit Singh Atwal, Shiromani Akali Dal, Phillaur, Punjab Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian National Congress, Jangipur, West Bengal (PM Manmohan Singh was from Upper house) Leader of the Opposition: Lal Krishna Advani, Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Secretary General: P. D. T. Acharya
Expulsion of members for contempt of the House
On 12 December 2005, the Star TV news channel telecast the sting operation Operation Duryodhana, in which 11 Members of Parliament, 10 from Lok Sabha and 1 from Rajya Sabha, were apparently caught on video receiving cash inducements in return for raising questions in the Parliament.Operation Durhyodhana by Aniruddha Bahal of Cobrapost, contains extensive details of each interaction. Following swift inquiries by the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha and a Special Committee of the Lok Sabha the members were found guiltyReport of the Lok Sabha inquiry committee, on Parliament of India website (in PDF format) and the motion for their expulsion was adopted in respective Houses.
On 23 December 2005, the following 10 members were ousted from the 14th Lok Sabha as per the adoption of the motion calling for their expulsion:
Narendra Kushwaha (BSP) – Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh Annasaheb M. K. Patil (BJP) – Erandol, Maharashtra Y. G. Mahajan (BJP) – Jalgaon, Maharashtra Manoj Kumar (RJD) – Palamau, Jharkhand Suresh Chandel (BJP) – Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Raja Ram Pal (BSP) – Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh Lal Chandra Kol (BSP) – Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh Pradeep Gandhi (BJP) – Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh Chandra Pratap Singh (BJP) – Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh Ramsevak Singh (Congress) – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
List of members by political party
S.No.Party nameParty flagNumber of MPsLeader in Lok Sabha1Indian National Congress (INC)141Pranab Mukherjee2Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)130L. K. Advani3Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))43Basudev Acharia4Samajwadi Party (SP)365Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)246Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)177Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)16T.R. Baalu8Shiv Sena (SS)129Biju Janata Dal (BJD)1110Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)1111Communist Party of India (CPI)10P. K. Vasudevan Nair (till 12 July 2005) Gurudas Dasgupta (afterwards)12Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)813Independent (Ind.)614Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)615Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 516Telugu Desam Party (TDP)5Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu17Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)5K. Chandrashekar Rao18Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJSP) 419Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK)420All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)321Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) 322Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)323Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (RSP)324Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)225Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC)226Kerala Congress (KEC)227All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)1 Asaduddin Owaisi28All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)2 Mamata Banerjee29Bharatiya Navshakti Party (BNP)131Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (J&KPDP)132Mizo National Front (MNF)133Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)134Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF)135National Loktantrik Party (NLP)136Republican Party of India (A) (RPI(A))137Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF)1 Lok Sabha Official Website accessed 19 October 2007.
After a long time since the 8th Lok Sabha, a couple had been elected - Pappu Yadav (RJD MP from Madhepura) & his wife Ranjeet Ranjan (LJSP MP from Saharsa)
Cabinet Ministers
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References
External links
14th Lok Sabha Members by Constituency Lok Sabha website Lok Sabha website Legislative Business in the 14th Lok Sabha – PRS Legislative Research