Zero merit

The issues that Members of Parliament (MPs) raise during zero hour are usually decided by lottery every day when the House is in session and 20 selected MPs are allowed to speak. This prompted a senior Rashtriya Janata Dal MP to quip that though MPs fight elections in the real world, when they come to Parliament they are made to participate in a form of gambling because the issues raised during zero hour are not decided on the basis of merit or content but pure lottery.