The 2025 Sansad Ratna Awards honoured 17 MPs and 2 parliamentary committees for exceptional performance. Seven MPs from Maharashtra were recognized, including Supriya Sule and Shrirang Barne, at a Delhi ceremony.
Delhi | July 26, 2025: The prestigious Sansad Ratna Awards 2025 ceremony was recently held in the national capital, New Delhi, in the presence of Union Minister for Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju. A total of 17 Members of Parliament (MPs) and two Parliamentary Standing Committees were honoured for their exceptional and consistent parliamentary performance. Notably, seven of the awardees are from Maharashtra.
The awardees were selected by a jury committee headed by Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC). This year’s awards also included four special recognitions, all aiming to acknowledge “outstanding and consistent contribution to parliamentary democracy.”
Prominent Awardees
Among the key recipients were:
- Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJP, Odisha)
- N.K. Premachandran (RSP, Kerala)
- Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party, Maharashtra)
- Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra)
Other MPs from Maharashtra who received the award include:
- Smita Uday Wagh (BJP)
- Arvind Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena UBT)
- Naresh Ganpat Mhaske (Shiv Sena)
- Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad (Indian National Congress)
- Dr. Medha Vishram Kulkarni (BJP)
Additionally, several MPs from other states were recognized, including:
- Praveen Patel, Ravi Kishan, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Bidyut Baran Mahto, P.P. Choudhary, Madan Rathore, Dilip Saikia (all BJP)
- C.N. Annadurai (DMK)
State-wise, Maharashtra led with 7 awardees, followed by Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan with two each, and one each from Odisha, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Assam.
Committees Also Recognized
Two Parliamentary Standing Committees were honoured for their exemplary work:
- Standing Committee on Finance, chaired by Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJP, Odisha)
- Standing Committee on Agriculture, chaired by Dr. Charanjit Singh Channi (INC, Punjab)
About the Sansad Ratna Awards
The Sansad Ratna Awards are presented annually by the Prime Point Foundation, a Chennai-based NGO established in 1999. The award was inspired and guided by the late President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who advised the foundation to recognize exemplary parliamentarians.
These awards are considered a unique form of civil honour, based on data-driven evaluation. The criteria include attendance, number of debates participated in, private member bills introduced, and questions raised in Parliament.
The Sansad Maharatna Award, a special category, is presented once every five years to exceptional MPs with long-standing parliamentary excellence.
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