The senior- most presiding officer of India, Charnjit Singh Atwal, Speaker Punjab legislative Assembly, has been nominated as the regional representative from India region on the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) by Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker , lok Sabha.
Atwal succeeds Nadendla Manohar, Speaker, Andhra Pradesh legislative Assembly, who hitherto occupied this position.
Previously, Atwal was elected as regional representative for Asia Region of the Executive Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at Trinidad and Tobago in September 1999.
Atwal was elected as Vice Chairman of Executive Committee of CPA in September 2001. He was also nominated as Member of Sub Committee of International Program Planning of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
He would hold this position till 2016. As a member of CPA Executive Committee.
Charnjit Singh Atwal will also attend the CPA Executive Committee Meeting to be held at Yaounde, Cameroon from 4th to 5th October, 2014 in connection with the CPA conference of Speakers/ Delegates of all CPA-Member countries.