Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2017 presented

New Delhi, July 20: The Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2017 even was held at Vigyan Bhavan here on Wednesday.

Praising BJP veteran L K Advani, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award, Naidu recalled that the BJP leader used to tell party parliamentarians that "ideology alone would not suffice, that there was a need for proper conduct".

CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and the Samajwadi Party's Jaya Bachchan were awarded as best parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, while RSP MP N K Premachandran and Congress member Sushmita Dev received the award from the Lok Sabha.

The BJP's Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi Lekhi and Congress Upper House member Rajani Patil received the best debutants award. Besides Advani, JD(U)'s Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav received the lifetime achievement award.

The Vice-President Hamid Ansari and NDA's candidate for the post-M.Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday urged MPs to maintain "proper personal conduct" as the world is watching them as a "source of inspiration".

"The personal conduct and credibility of the parliamentary representative provide assurance to the public in the efficacy of the institutions of Parliamentary democracy," said Ansari.

Venkaiah Naidu, also present at the event, said Indian Parliamentarians should maintain discipline and good conduct because their behavior is watched by everyone and others could emulate them as the "Indian parliamentary system is recognized and respected everywhere in the world".

"The Opposition has to have its say, the government has to have its way the purpose is to make the country stronger," Naidu said.