Sule, Patnaik among 11 MPs for Sansad Ratna

New Delhi: NCP's Supriya Sule and BJD's Amar Patnaik are among 11 MPs who will be getting the Sansad Ratna Award 2022, Prime Point Foundation said on Tuesday.

The jury committee has also nominated senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu H V Hande and Congress veteran M Veerappa Moily for a lifetime achievement award while four parliamentary standing committees -- agriculture, finance, education and labour – will be awarded for their contributions.

The 11 parliamentarians include eight from the Lok Sabha and three from the Rajya Sabha, the foundation said in a statement. The 12th edition of the Sansad Ratna Award function will be held on February 26 in the national capital.

According to the foundation, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Sule, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP N K Premachandran and Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Appa Barne will be awarded the 'Sansad Vishisht Ratna' award for their sustained outstanding performance. — PTI