Uttarakhand would host first ever meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Indian region Zone -I on May 28 in Dehradun. The Speaker of lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan, speakers and secretaries of assemblies of eight States would participate in the meeting. Informing about the event, the speaker of Uttarakhand assembly, Premchand Agarwal told media persons on Friday that deliberations on many issues would be held during the meeting. He said that the idea of organising zonal meetings was mooted by the lok Sabha speaker in a meeting of representatives of different zones in New Delhi on April 16 , 2018. The lok Sabha Speaker appointed the speakers of Uttarakhand, Bihar and Delhi as coordinators of the Zone I. Agarwal claimed that he took lead in the meeting and volunteered to hold the first ever zonal meeting in Dehradun and his proposal was accepted. Elaborating about the discussions to be held in the meeting, Agarwal said that brainstorming on issues of public interest like cleanliness of rivers, women empowerment, role of youth and sustainable development would be done during the meeting. The agenda of the zone for the future and its rules and regulations would also be decided in the meeting.
The State assemblies of in the India region of CPA have been divided into four zones. In Zone I the States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP), Jharkhand, Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal ( WB), Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand are included.
Agarwal said that the meeting of Zone I of CPA would give an impetus to its activities and would help in providing momentum to the efforts to make the country developed.