From Shatrughan to Sandhya Roy: Worst performing celebrity MPs in debates

Celebrity Members of Parliament (MPs)--film artistes and singers--logged lower attendance, participated in fewer debates, asked fewer questions but used their constituency development funds better than the average of all MPs in the 16th Lok Sabha, our analysis of track records of 19 such MPs shows.

On average, the 19 celebrity MPs logged 66% attendance compared to the 16th Lok Sabha average of 80%, an IndiaSpend analysis of parliament data shows. Only six celebrity MPs marked attendance of 80% or above. Bharatiya Janata Party MP and yesteryears’ star Hema Malini, who pretended