RGNUL AGAHI’17 7th National Parliamentary Debate Competition 2017

Organisation : RGNUL Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
Contest Name : AGAHI’17 7th National Parliamentary Debate Competition 2017
Contest Last Date : 31st August 2017
Website : https://www.rgnul.ac.in/events.aspx?ref_id=7
Contest Poster : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/23358-Poster.pdf
Contest Rules : https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/23358-Rules.pdf

Parliamentary Debate Competition :

AGAHI’17 RGNUL’s 7th National Parliamentary Debate Competition

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Prizes Worth Rs.62000 (Because if you are good at something, never do it for free)

Best Team: Rs. 21000
Second Best Team: Rs.12000
Best Adjudicator: Rs. 7000
And other prizes worth Rs. 22000 at stake too !

Analyse, Articulate, Reason & Deliver. We invite you to join RGNUL’s 7th National Parliamentary Debate Competition for some fine competition of wit and repartee

Last Date of Registration: 31st August 2017.
Date of Event: 6th–8th October 2017

Registration Fees:
Independent Adjudicator : Rs. 1000/
Team (with Adjudicator) : Rs. 3600/

Contact Persons:
Dr. Tanya Mander (agahi@rgnul.ac.in.)
Ms. Kanika Jamwal (8872264897)
Mr. Himanshu Rahtore (9425984340)

FORMAT OF THE TOURNAMENT :
a. Each debating match will consist of two teams; one to propose the motion and one to oppose it. The team proposing may be known as ‘The Proposition’, ‘The Affirmative’ or ‘The Government’.

The team opposing may be known as ‘The Opposition’ or ‘The Negative’. Teams will be designated as the Proposition or the Opposition for each round of the competition.

b. Each debate shall be adjudicated upon by a panel comprising of an odd number of adjudicators. One of these shall be designated as Chairperson. In situations as per the discretion of the adjudication core (only in rounds before the ‘Break’), a debate may be adjudicated by a single experienced adjudicator.

c. Each debate shall be timed by a timekeeper. In the absence of a timekeeper, a member of the adjudication panel will time the speeches.

d. Teams will comprise the following members.
i. AFFIRMATIVE
1. Prime Minister, or First Affirmative.
2. Deputy Prime Minister, or Second Affirmative.
3. Government Whip, or Third Affirmative.
ii. NEGATIVE
1. Leader of the Opposition, or First Negative.
2. Deputy Leader of the Opposition, or Second Negative.
3. Opposition Whip, or Third Negative.

e. Debaters will speak in the following order:
i. Prime Minister
ii. Leader of Opposition
iii. Deputy Prime Minister
iv. Deputy Leader of Opposition
v. Government Whip
vi. Opposition Whip
vii. Opposition reply
viii. Government reply

f. Common minute will not be given within reply speeches.

g. Speakers not ‘holding the floor’ may not rise during a speech unless it is to offer a ‘Point of Information’. Speakers doing so, or considered to be heckling, barracking or whose behaviour is interfering with the acceptable course of a debate will be declared ‘out of order’ or will be ‘called to order’ by the Chairperson.