Question

Who was given the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2016 by the President of India in August 2018?
1. Ghulam Nabi Azad
2. Dinesh Trivedi
3. Najma Heptulla
4. Hukumdev Narayan Yadav

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Dinesh Trivedi

The correct answer is Dinesh Trivedi.

• Dinesh Trivedi is an Indian politician.
• He was a recipient of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2016.
  • He is the former Union Minister for Railways under Manmohan Singh's cabinet from 2011 to 2012.
  • He was a former member of parliament:
    • Elected to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal
    • Elected to Lok Sabha representing Barrackpore constituency of West Bengal.
  • He resigned from Trinamool Congress and decided to quit his Rajya Sabha seat on 12^th February 2021.
• The Outstanding Parliamentarian Award is given by the Indian Parliamentary Group to an outstanding sitting Member of the Indian Parliament for his/her overall contribution in the Indian Parliament.
  • It was instituted in 1995 by former Speaker of Lok Sabha Shivraj Patil.
  • Indrajit Gupta becomes the first recipient of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 1992.

• Ghulam Nabi Azad won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2015.
• Hukumdev Narayan Yadav won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2014.
• Najma Heptulla won the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2013.