14th Lok Sabha
Lower House members elected in 2004
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The next 15th Lok Sabha was convened after 2009 Indian general election.
Bills
During the tenure of the 14th Lok Sabha, 60% of bills were referred to Parliamentary committees for examination.
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Members
- Speaker: Somnath Chatterjee, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Bolpur, West Bengal
- Deputy Speaker: Charanjit Singh Atwal, Shiromani Akali Dal, Phillaur, Punjab
- Leader of the House: Pranab Mukherjee, Indian National Congress, Jangipur, West Bengal (PM Manmohan Singh was from Upper house)
- Leader of the Opposition: Lal Krishna Advani, Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Secretary General: P. D. T. Acharya
Expulsion of members for contempt of the House
On 12 December 2005, the Star TV news channel telecast the sting operation Operation Duryodhana, in which 11 Members of Parliament, 10 from Lok Sabha and 1 from Rajya Sabha, were apparently caught on video receiving cash inducements in return for raising questions in the Parliament. Following swift inquiries by the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha and a Special Committee of the Lok Sabha the members were found guilty and the motion for their expulsion was adopted in respective Houses.
On 23 December 2005, the following 10 members were ousted from the 14th Lok Sabha as per the adoption of the motion calling for their expulsion:
- Narendra Kushwaha (BSP) – Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
- Annasaheb M. K. Patil (BJP) – Erandol, Maharashtra
- Y. G. Mahajan (BJP) – Jalgaon, Maharashtra
- Manoj Kumar (RJD) – Palamau, Jharkhand
- Suresh Chandel (BJP) – Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh
- Raja Ram Pal (BSP) – Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh
- Lal Chandra Kol (BSP) – Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh
- Pradeep Gandhi (BJP) – Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
- Chandra Pratap Singh (BJP) – Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh
- Ramsevak Singh (Congress) – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
List of members by political party
After a long time since the 8th Lok Sabha, a couple had been elected - Pappu Yadav (RJD MP from Madhepura) & his wife Ranjeet Ranjan (LJSP MP from Saharsa)