The Speaker of Lok Sabha, Om Birla, Rajya Sabha chairman and speakers of Vidhan Sabhas of different States are expected to participate in the five-day All India convention of presiding officers in Dehradun. Addressing media persons here on Wednesday at Vidhan Sabha, the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly, Premchand Agarwal, said that the 79th convention of presiding officers would be held from December 17 to 21 in the provisional State Capital.
Elaborating further, he said that on the first day, a conclave of the secretaries of all legislative bodies of the country would be held in which discussions on the parliamentary procedures would be held. This programme would be chaired by the secretary general of the Lok Sabha. On November 18 and 19,a two day conclave of the presiding officers would be organised.
In the conclave, apart from discussions on parliamentary issues, deliberations would be held on challenges being faced by the country and their solutions.
The Speaker said that 400 participants are expected to participate in the event. From Lok Sabha secretariat 70 officers and employees would participate while around eight representatives would participate from every State Assembly.
Agarwal said that the objective of the conclave is to ensure uniformity in the parliamentary procedures in the country and establishment of high standards of parliamentary practices.
He said that the first such convention was held in the year 1921 at Shimla and this year 79th convention would be held in Dehradun.
The Speaker said that in the opening session all the members of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha and members of parliament from the State would be invited. He added that the organisation of the convention is a matter of great pride for Uttarakhand.