An Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference to be held in Halifax, Canada from August 20 to 26. During the Conference, eight workshops will be held on various subjects. Birla will participate as a panelist in the workshop titled “A People’s Parliament: Accessibility through Innovation”. Parliament Members Sunita Duggal, Anurag Sharma, Neeraj Shekhar, Santosh Kumar, Anubhav Mohanty, Dr. Kanimozhi NVN Somu and Utpal Kumar Singh, Secretary General, Lok Sabha are also part of the delegation. The conference will also be attended by 23 Presiding Officers and 16 Secretaries from State Legislatures. “Sunita Duggal would be attending the meeting of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Steering Committee.
She will also be a panelist at the CWP Conference session on the topic ‘Empowering Women Parliamentarians and Promoting Diversity/ Intersectionality’,” said Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statement.