The 17th Lok Sabha, which held its last sitting in February, initially had four Independent members of Parliament (MPs) within its ranks, including the customary Independent MP from Assam's Kokrajhar. Kokrajhar, a constituency reserved for Scheduled Tribes, has consistently elected Independents to the Lok Sabha since 1977, except in 2009.
The 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 had only one Independent MP, Satyendra Nath Brohmo Chaudhary, who was from Kokrajhar. From 1998 to 2004, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary was Kokrajhar's Independent MP in the Lok Sabha but represented the Bodo People's Front in 2009. In 2014 and 2019, the constituency's voters elected Naba Kumar Sarania as an Independent. Sarania's chances of defending his seat hang in the balance. On Thursday, the Gauhati High Court set aside a single-bench order that had given interim relief to Sarania in a case challenging his Scheduled Tribe (Plains) (ST-P) status.
Another Independent MP Navneet Kaur Rana from Maharashtra's Amravati was more fortunate in her legal battle.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld her Scheduled Caste status, setting aside a Bombay High Court order, enabling her to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Amravati, an SC-reserved constituency.
The 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 had nine Independents, while subsequent Lok Sabhas in 1998 and 1999 had six each.
This number reduced to five in 2004, increased to nine in 2009, and dropped to three in 2014.
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