The Speaker of lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan arrived on a three day tour of Uttarakhand on Saturday. On her arrival at Jollygrant airport, she was given a warm welcome by the Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly Premchand Agarwal. The secretary of Uttarakhand Assembly Jagdish Chandra was also present on the occasion.
During her stay, Mahajan would participate in meeting of Zone I of India region of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The meeting, the first of its kind, is being hosted by Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha. The Speakers and secretaries of seven state assemblies would participate in the meeting.
Agarwal said that deliberations on many issues would be held in course of the meeting. He further said that the idea of organising the zonal meetings was mooted by the lok Sabha Speaker while she was addressing a meeting of representatives of different zones in New Delhi on April 16.
The State assemblies in the India region of CPA have been divided into four zones. In Zone I, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Jharkhand, Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal ( WB), Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand are included.