Nagaland Rajya Sabha MP S. Phangnon Konyak participates in the general discussion on the Union Budget 2026–27 in the Upper House on February 12. (Photo Courtesy: Rajya Sabha Secretariat/sansad.in)
Moa Jamir
Dimapur | April 18
The Budget Session of Parliament, held from January 28 to April 18, concluded after 31 sittings, recording high productivity in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, alongside extensive legislative and deliberative business.
During the session, the Lok Sabha functioned for 151 hours and 42 minutes with a productivity of around 93 per cent, while the Rajya Sabha sat for 157 hours and 40 minutes, achieving a productivity of 109.87 per cent, as per updates from both Secretariats.
Against this backdrop, the performance of Nagaland’s two Members of Parliament (MPs) reflects varying levels of attendance and participation, based on data available on the Digital Sansad platform and related records.
Attendance record
Nagaland has one representative in the Lok Sabha, S Supongmeren Jamir of the Indian National Congress, and one in the Rajya Sabha, S. Phangnon Konyak of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
As per attendance records, Jamir signed in on 22 out of 31 sittings in the Lok Sabha, indicating an attendance of around 71 per cent.
In comparison, Konyak marked attendance on 27 days, translating to over 87 per cent attendance during the session.
Members digitally record attendance during sittings, although certain office-bearers such as the Prime Minister, Ministers, Leader of Opposition, and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are exempt from this requirement.
Konyak’s participation
Records accessed from Digital Sansad (as on April 18) indicated that officially, Rajya Sabha MP Konyak had relatively wider participation during the session.
Her interventions included two unstarred questions and a special mention. One of the questions pertained to agri-produce transactions on February 5under the North Eastern Region Agri-Commodity E-Connect (NE-RACE) portal, which reported transactions of over 3,082 metric tonnes valued at Rs1,168.30 lakh across the region.
Another question raised on March 25 pertained to health and nutrition programmes in tribal-dominated districts.
During Question Hour on March 24, she raised concerns regarding the status of the proposed Mon Medical College in Nagaland. Earlier, on February 5, she also raised a query regarding bilateral cooperation in the handloom and handicrafts sector with Thailand.
On February 10, Konyak made a special mention highlighting developmental concerns in eastern Nagaland in the context of the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority, urging early redressal of long-standing grievances.
She further participated in discussions on the Union Budget 2026–27 and the Appropriation Bill, and on April 17, 2026, seconded the motion for the election of the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Jamir’s interventions
Meanwhile, although a total of seven questions are recorded under Jamir’s overall parliamentary profile so far, none were listed during the just-concluded Budget Session.
Similarly, participation in debates, special mentions, and related interventions was not reflected on the MP dashboard at the time of filing this report.
However, information available in the gallery section of the dashboard indicates that Jamir participated in the debate on the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirty-First Amendment) Bill, 2026; the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026; and the Delimitation Bill, 2026 on April 17.
Earlier, on March 27, he also raised a matter of urgent public importance through a Special Mention, highlighting health infrastructure challenges in the State.
During the same, he urged the Union Government for the upgradation of state’s lone medical college - Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences & Research level of a central institute, on the lines of premier institutions such as AIIMS or RIIMS. The reply to this intervention was not available on the dashboard.
Incidentally, while these interventions were not fully reflected in official records at the time of reporting, news reports based on updates from Jamir’s office and the Nagaland Congress indicated his engagement on a range of issues in Parliament.
Under Rule 377, in March 2026, he urged the Government of India to approve and prioritise the construction of the proposed Foothills Road (Trans–Nagaland Highway). At the start of the session in January 2026, he also called for expediting an early, honourable, and inclusive political settlement to the long-pending Naga political issue.
In February 2026, he further highlighted reported recruitment barriers faced by candidates from Nagaland in Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examinations, particularly in public broadcasting institutions.
