Wafa Sultana is 'best young parliamentarian'

Mangalore, Mar 11, 2012: Mangalore based SDM Law College student Wafa Sultana has been adjudged 'best parliamentarian' at a model parliament competition organized on Saturday in Hubli.

As many as 40 students from 12 law colleges across the State, representing various 'constituencies', had participated in the proceedings that were part of the State-level S S Shettar Memorial Model Parliament Competition 2012 organised on Saturday by the Hubli based KLE Society's G K Law College.

Responding to the award, Ms Sultana said that she was deeply interested in Islamic Shariah and issues of human rights.

Ms Sultana is the daughter of Karkala based couple Muhyuddin and Umaira Khathoon. After studying up to Class VI in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, she returned to her native and continued the education in Karkala and Mangalore.

After much debate and a walkout by opposition members, the 'Prevention of public agitation by coercive methods to enact laws bill, 2012' was defeated in the 'model parliament'.

'Speaker' of the model parliament and the former Speaker of the Assembly Ramesh Kumar put the bill to vote.

While 'ruling party' members demanded that it be passed in the interests of protecting the supremacy of parliament, 'opposition' members argued that it would take away the voice of the people.

In the almost three-hour long discussions, students quoted from various constitutional provisions to support their arguments.

Asmatunnisa G of Vidyavardhaka Law College, Mysore, and Gouramohan Mishra of BMS Law College, Bangalore, got second and third prizes in the competition.

Ramesh Kumar advised against making sweeping comments against the people and Parliament. Principal of the host college G B Patil and advocate G R Andanimath, the coordinator of the event, were present.