Whenever you watch the proceedings of the Lok Sabha on TV or in any video, you see all the seats kept in a big hall, where all the MPs sit. The speaker’s seat is placed in front of him like the judge’s seat. You must have seen that at the very bottom, the Prime Minister sits on the right side, while the MPs of the opposition sit on the left side. The seat of all the MPs is fixed and the MPs sit on the basis of their fixed seat. There is a seating arrangement for 545 MPs here. But, do you ever know that out of these 545 seats, one seat is the most special.
Actually, the number of the special seat is 420. The reason for this special being special is that there is no seat number 420 in this Parliament and something else is written on the seat number 420. So let’s know whether it is true that there is no seat number 420 and then what numbers have been given on the seat number 420.
No seat number 420?
You must have seen that there are buildings of many floors, but there is no 13th floor in these buildings. By the way, if counted, the floor is of 13th number only, but it is counted as 14th floor. In these buildings, the number of the 14th floor comes after 12. Some such story is of 420 number seat. Actually, the number 420 is used for fake, cheaters etc. In such a situation, there is no seat number 420 in the Parliament. Will tell you the story of number 420 further.
Then what is written on that seat?
Now the question is that when 420 is not written on the seat, then whether 421 is written on it or something else. Actually, now this seat has been given the number 419-A. This was also confirmed by Baijayant Jay Panda, a four-time MP from Odisha, who is now also the Vice President of BJP. He shared the photo of this chair in his tweet a few years ago and told about 419 A. You can also see the photo given below as proof.
During the seat allotment in the 15th Lok Sabha, Assam United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MP Badruddin Ajmal, who came at number 420, was allotted seat number 419-A instead of number 420.
Why is 420 negative?
Actually, number 420 is a section of the Indian Penal Code. Which is pasted on a person who cheats others, does dishonesty or grabs someone’s property by pretending. The number 420 is associated with the English word Cheating. It is clear from this that the number 420 is associated with deception, dishonesty and deceit. That’s why when someone cheats or cheats, people call him 420.
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