The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarian (CWP) Steering Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region has been formed. From Madhya Pradesh MlA Parul Sahu Kesri has been nominated as one of the members of the Steering committee. Notably, the CWP Steering Committee was formed by Speaker lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan and Chairperson of CPA India Region Meenaxi lekhi on December 16, 2016. Parul Sahu Kesri has given the charge of seven States including Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Prdesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.
Across the country the committee is divided into four zones, the members have been given charge of different zones. Parul is the in-charge of zone-4. The committee will have work tenure of three years.
Moreover, the panel of members will include two lok Sabha MPs, one Rajya Sabha MP and four MlAs from across the country. The first meeting of CWP India region will be held on February 22 at Parliamentary library building, New Delhi. During the meeting, issues related to women will be discussed and major decisions will be taken. The agenda of the meeting will be to formulate a regional structure of CWP in CPA India region.
The motive is also to strengthen the CWP regional activities. It also focuses on increasing the participation of female representatives and to boost the coordination among members.