Demand for raising MPLAD allocation to Rs 25 crore

Uday Pratap Singh (BJP) raised the issue during Zero Hour saying Rs 5 crore fund was completely inadequate  to fulfill the developmental demands for an entire parliamentary constituency.

He got support from some other members who shouted that it should be raised to Rs 25 crore.

 "If the House wants it to be raised to Rs 25 crore, I support that demand," he said.

Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, who was in the Chair, said he, as the Chairman of the MPLADS 

Committee, has already written in this regard to the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. He asked Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy to convey the ‘unanimous’ feelings of the House to the government. Thambidurai said some Ministers, including Rudy and the Railway Minister, have also written to him favouring a hike in the funds. Rudy said the government has already taken note of the sentiments of the House.