--- title: "Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?" description: "Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?" author: "Bhavin Singh" published: 2018-03-11 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39603/name-the-member-of-parliament-who-was-awarded-the-outstanding-parliamentarian-award-for-the-year-2017 category: "general knowledge" tags: ["general knowledge"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017? [Name](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100691/name-a-famous-tennis-tournament-played-on-grass) the [Member of Parliament](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38053/who-is-authorised-to-decide-over-a-dispute-regarding-disqualification-of-a-member-of-parliament) who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian [award for the year](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39613/which-indian-cricketer-has-been-nominated-for-the-padma-bhushan-award-for-the-year-2018) 2017? \ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya ![Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fdb63089-e659-4969-89fe-56d3658be280/images/9b175f58-70d1-493e-8df8-c55198b8176f.jpg) (Bhartruhari Mahtab) **Bhartruhari Mahtab** a member of the **Biju Janata Dal (BJD)** political party received the **Outstanding Parliamentarian Award** for the year **2017**. ![Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fdb63089-e659-4969-89fe-56d3658be280/images/0bca76cf-6b4d-4d38-b63f-70bd60cac9ab.jpg) Bhartruhari Mahtab was born on **8th September 1957** in **Agarpara, Odisha, India**. Bhartruhari Mahtab represents **Cuttack constituency in Odisha** in the **Lok Sabha (the lower house of Indian bicameral parliament)**. Bhartruhari Mahtab is a **Member of Parliament (MP)** from Cuttack constituency in Odisha from the **12th Lok Sabha**. He assumed office as a Member of Parliament (MP) in **1998**. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in **1999 (13th Lok Sabha), 2004 (14th Lok Sabha), 2009 (15th Lok Sabha)** and in **2014 (16th Lok Sabha)**. Every time he was elected from the Cuttack constituency in Odisha. Apart from receiving the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2017, Mr Mahtab also won the **Sansad Ratna Award** in **2017** and in **2018** for his performance in ‘Debates’. ![Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fdb63089-e659-4969-89fe-56d3658be280/images/5ce8e697-9ee3-4284-a799-bce2ae42746f.jpg) **Outstanding Parliamentarian Award** is given to the outstanding sitting **Member** of the **Indian Parliament** for overall contribution in the Indian Parliament. The award is given by the **Indian Parliamentary Group**. The award was instituted by **Shivraj Patil (Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996)** in the year **1992**. **Indrajit Gupta** was the first recipient of the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in **1992**. ![Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fdb63089-e659-4969-89fe-56d3658be280/images/d0ba86b4-08f1-48bd-8afb-dbc666865e5a.jpg) The **Parliament of India** or commonly known as **Parliament (Sansad in Hindi)** is the **supreme legislative body** of the **Republic of India**. The Parliament of India is of a **bicameral legislature** with **two** houses. The two houses are **The Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament or the Council of States)** and **The Lok Sabha (the lower house of parliament or the House of the People)**. The Parliament of India was founded on **26th January 1950** succeeding the **Constituent Assembly of India**. The structure of the Parliament of India consists of **790** seats with **245** seats in the Rajya Sabha and **545** seats in the Lok Sabha. ![Name the Member of Parliament who was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian award for the year 2017?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/fdb63089-e659-4969-89fe-56d3658be280/images/76afb3ea-7a3d-406d-b509-9da51893c793.jpg)\ \ --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39603/name-the-member-of-parliament-who-was-awarded-the-outstanding-parliamentarian-award-for-the-year-2017 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.