Speaker Om Birla asks secretariat to track MP participation in Lok Sabha

Much to the consternation of Lok Sabha members, Speaker Om Birla (pictured) has asked the secretariat of the House to track the participation of each member in the business of the lower chamber of Parliament. The records will now be put up on the Lok Sabha website and regularly updated. Not just Birla, the Rajya Sabha secretariat, on instruction from Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, is mulling over a similar exercise. According to sources, Naidu wants to ensure not only better attendance of MPs in the House as well as in meetings of parliamentary committees, but also dignified conduct and order