The Parliamentarian Of The Year Awards ceremony was conducted in Delhi on March 14, 2023. A jury chaired by Sharad Pawar and comprising other senior MPs selected Derek O’Brien as the ‘Best Parliamentarian Of The Year (Rajya Sabha)’. Asaduddin Owaisi won ‘Best Parliamentarian of the Year’ (Lok Sabha). Mallikarjun Kharge received the Lifetime Achievement Parliamentary Award (Rajya Sabha) and Bhartruhari Mahtab received the Lifetime Achievement Parliamentary Award (Lok Sabha). Other categories included Best Woman Parliamentarian of the Year and Best Debutant Parliamentarians of the Year (Male and Female). Former President Ram Nath Kovind handed over the awards. Illustrious Parliamentarians like Dr Manmohan Singh, LK Advani, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Ghulam Nabi Azad have won Awards on previous occasions. The Parliamentary Awards were instituted in 2017 to recognise and encourage MPs’ impactful work throughout the year. The awards remained suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.