Twelrth Series, Vol. I, No.1 Monday, March 23, 1998 ChaUra 2, 1920 (Soka) p·e LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) First Session (Twelfth Lok Sabha) Gazettes & Debates Unit Parliament Library BuildInG ~~~m ~o. fS.o26 .. ~-..- (Vol. I contains Nos. I to 8) LOK SARHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI I'rice .- Rs. 5(). ()(J EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secnttary-Gen.ral . Lok Sabha Dr. A.K. Pandey Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri M.R. Khosla Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri S.K. Kaushik Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri P.C. Shatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri A.P. Chakravarti Senior Editor [ORIOINAL ENGLISH PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN ENGLISH VIiRSION AND ORIGINAL HINDI PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED IN HINDI VERSION WIU, BE TllEATED AS AUTHORITATIVE AND NOT THE TllANSLATION THEREOF] CONTENTS [Twelfth Series, Vol. I, First Session, 199811920 (SB/caJl No.1, Monday, March 23, 19981Chaltra 2, 1920 (Sau) SUBJECT COLUMNS OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA .. ii ! 'COUNCIL OF MINISTERS .. iii-iv NATIONAL ANTHEM. OBSERVANCE OF SILENCE. WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF NEW LOK SABHA BY SPEAKER PROTEM .. LIST OF MEMBERS ELECTED TO LOK SABHA - Laid.. 1-17 NOMINATION TO PANEL OF CHAIRMEN .. 18 MEMBERS SWORN ............ 18-30 (ii) OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA The Speaker· Shri G.M.C. Balayogi The Deputy Speaker·· Panel of Chairmen"· Shri P.M. Sayeed Shri K. Pradhani Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey Prof. Rita Verma Shri K. Yerrannaidu Shri V. Sathiamoorthy Shri Basu Deb Acharia Secretary General Shri S. Gopalan The following orders were issued by the President of India on 20th March, 1998: 1. "Whereas the office of the Speaker will become vacant immediately before the commencement of the first meeting of the House of the People on the 23rd March, 1998 and the office of the Deputy Speaker is also vacant; In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by clause (1) of article 95 of the Constitution of India, I hereby appoint Shri Indrajit Gupta, a Member of the House of the People, to perform the duties of the office of the Speaker from the commencement of the said meeting and until the Speaker shall have been chosen by the House. 2. "I hereby appoint S/Shri Indrajlt Gupta, P.M. Sayeed. K. Pradhanl and Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey, to be the persons before any of whom Members of the House of the People may make and subscribe the oath or affirmation in accordance with the provisions of article 99 of the Constitution of India.· K.R. NARAYANAN PRESIDENT OF INDIA • Elected on 24.3.98 .. To be elected Nominated on 28.3.98 (iii) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Cabinet Ministers Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister and also in charge of the Ministriesl Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister. Shri L.K. Advani The Minister of Home Affairs Shri Ananth Kumar The Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Sikander Bakht The Minister of Industry Sardar Surjit Singh Barnala The Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of Food Shri George Fernandes The Minister of Defence Shri Ramakrishna Hegde The Minister of Commerce Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya The Minister of Labour Shri Ram Jelhmalani The Minister of Urban Development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi The Minister of Human Resource Development and Minister of Science and Technology Shri K. Ramamurthy The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Shri Madan Lal Khurana The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Tourism Shri P.R. Kumaramangalam The Minister of Power Shri M. Thambi Durai The Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs Shri Nitish Kumar The Minister of Railways Shri Naveen Patnaik The Minister of Steel and Mines Shri Suresh Prabhu The Minister of Environment and Forests Shri Kashiram Rana The Minister of Textiles Shri R. Muthiah The Minister of Surface Transport Shri Yashwant Sinha The Minister of Finance Shri Buta Singh The Minister of Communication Shrimati Sushma Swaraj The Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Shri Dalit Ezhilmalai The Minister of State of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Shrimati Meneka Gandhi The Minister of State of the Ministry of Welfare Shri Babagouda Patil The Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Dilip Ray The Minister of State of the Ministry of Coal Ministers of State Shri Omak Apang The Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism Shri Sukhbir Singh Badal The Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry (Iv) Shri Bandaru Dattatreya The Miniflter of State for Urban Development Shri Ramesh Bais The Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel and Mines Kumari Uma Bharati The Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar The Minister c.! State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri R.K. Kumar The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Shri Babulal Marandi The Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests Shri Mukhtar Naqvi The Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shri Ram Naik The Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Dr. A.K. Patel The Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr. Debendra Pradhan The Minister of State in the Ministry of Surface Transport Shri Kabindra Purkayastha The Minister of State in the Ministry of Communication Shrimati Vasundhra Raje The Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs Shri Sompal The Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture Shri Satya Pal Singh Yadav The Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Supplies Shri R. Janarthanan The Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions LOK SABHA DEBATES Vol.l i=lrst Day of the Firat Saaalon of the Twalfth Lok Sabha No.1 LOK SABHA 11.04 hr•• LIST OF MEMBERS ELECTED TO LOK SABHA . Monday. March 23. 19981Chaitra 2. Laid on the Tabla 1920 (Saka) {English] The Lok Sabha met at MR. SPEAKER (Pro Tem) : The Secretary-General Eleven of the Clock. will now lay on the Table a book presented to the Speaker by the Chief Election Commissioner containing the list of Members elected to the Lok Sabha at the [THE SPEAKER PRO TEM (SHRI INORAJIT GUPTA) General Elections of 1998. in the Chait:! SECRETARY·GENERAL : Sir, I lay on the Table a Book· presented to the Speaker by the Chief Election NATIONAL ANTHEM Commissioner, containing the list of Members elected The National Anthem was played. to the l.ok Sabha at the General Elections of 1998. 11.01 hrs. S.No. and Name of Name of the Elected Parliamentary Member OBSERVANCE OF SILENCE Constituency {English] 2 MR. SPEAKER (Pro Tem): We are meeting today 1. Andhra Prade.h on a solemn occasion. A new Lok Sabha has been elected under the Constitution of India, charged with 1. Srikakulam KlnJarapu Yerrannaidu great and heavy responsibilities for the welfare of the . 2. Parvathipuram (ST) Vljaya Ramaraju Setrucharla country and our people. 3. Bobblli Kondapalli Pydithalll Naidu II is fit and proper, as is customary on such an 4. Visakhapatnam SubbRrami Reddy T occasion, that we all stand in silence for a short while before we begin our Proceedings. 5. Bhadrachalam (ST) Ramaiah Sode 6. Anakapalli Gurunadha Rao Gudlvada 11.02 hrs. 7. Kakinada Krlshnamraju U. V. The Members then stood in silence for a short while. 8. Rajahmundry Girajala Venkata Swamy Naidu 9. Amalapuram (SC) Ganti Mohana Chandra 11.03 hrs. Balayogi 10. Narasapur Kanumuru Bapl Raju WELCOME TO MEMBERS OF NEW LOK SABHA 11. Eluru Maganti Venkateswara Rao BY SPEAKER PRO TEM (Babu) [English] 12. Machilipatnam Kavuru Sambasiva Rao Upendra Parvathaneni MR. SPEAKER (Pro Tem) : It gives me great 13. Vijayawada pleasure to welcome ·all the Members who have been 14: Tenali P. Shiv Shanker elected to this Twelfth Lok Sabha. I am sure you will all 15. Guntur Rayapati Sambaslva ·Rao help the Chair in maintaining the high traditions of this House and thereby strengthening the roots of 16. Bapatla Janardhana Reddy Parliamentary democracy in our country. Nedurumalll I wish you all Bucca.. · In your endeavours. 17. NarasRrRopet Konljetl Rosalah • Also Placed In the Ubrary. See No. L.T.-1"8 3 List of MembtHs Elected to Lo/r Sabha 4 2 2 18.0ngole Magunta Sreenivasulu Roddy 9. Tezpur Moni Kumar Subba 19. Nellore (SC) Panabaka Lakshmi 10. Nowgong Nripen Goswami 20. Tirupathi (SC) Chintha Mohan 11. Kaliabor Tarun Gogoi 21. ChiHoor Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna 12. Jomat Bijoy Krishna Handique Reddy 13. Dibrugarh Paban Singh Ghatowar 22. Rajampet Annaiahgari Sai Pratap 14. Lakhimpur Ranee Narah 23. Cuddapah Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy 4. Bihar 24. Hindupur S. Gangadhar 1. Bagaha (SC) Mahendra Baitha 25. Anantapur Anantha Venkatarami Reddy 2. BeHiah Dr. Madan Prasad Jaiswal 26. Kurnool Kotla Vljaya Bhaskara Reddy 3. Motihari Rama Devi 27. Nandyal Bhuma Nagi Reddy 4. Gopalganj Abdul Ghafoor 28. Nagarkumool (SC) Dr. Mallu Ravi 5. Siwan M. Sahabuddin 29. Mahabubnagar S. Jaipal Reddy 6. Maharajganj Prabhunath Singh 30. Hyderabad sunan Salahuddin Owaisi 7. Chapra Heera Lal Rai 31. Secunderabad Bandaru DaHatreya 8. Hajipur (SC) Ram Vilas Paswan 32. Siddipet (SC) Malyala Rajalah 9. Vaishali Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 33. Medak M. Baga Reddy 10. Muzaffarpur Captain Jai Na. Pd. Nishad 34. Nlzamabad Gangareddy Gaddam 11. Sitamarhi Sita Ram Yadav 35. Adilabad Dr. S. Venugopala Chary 36. Peddapalli (SC) C. Suguna Kumari 12. Sheohar Anand Mohan 37. Karimnagar Chennamaneni Vidyasagar 13. Madhubani Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Rao 14. Jhanjharpur Surendra Prasad Yadav 38. Hanamkonda Chada Suresh Reddy 15. Darbhanga Md. Ali Asharaf Fatmi 39. Warangal Azmeera Chandulal 16. Rosera (SC) Pitambar Paswan 40.