Jaipur, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Pali P.P.
Chaudhary, Rajasthan has been nominated
as the regional representative (Union Branch-Parliament of India) to the
Commonwealth executive committee as a member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association(C.P.A.) by the speaker of Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan.
The Speaker of the LokSabha usually holds the union branch post but this time
Hon'ble speaker of LokSabha has nominated in her place Shri P.P. Chaudhary, as
a regional representative from Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India
Union Branch to the Commonwealth Executive Committee.
Earlier
Balram Jakhar, elected from Rajasthan has also held this post from 1980-89 during his
tenure as Speaker of Lok Sabha. The Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association has nine geographical regions and each region is
represented by three regional representatives each in the Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association Executive Committee. The aims of the Association
are to promote knowledge of the constitutional, legislative, economic, social
and cultural aspects of parliamentary democracy, with particular reference to
the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations
From India, three regional
representatives are nominated and at present the Speakers of the Legislative
assemblies of Punjab and Goa are two representatives to the CPA Executive
Committee in the State Branch quota.
The Constitution of the
Commonwealth Association provide that, the control and management of the
Association shall be vested in the Executive Committee, and it shall be
competent to exercise all powers and do such acts as may be exercised or done
by the Association, except those which are expressly reserved to the General
Assembly.
The upcoming
meeting of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association will
be held on 05Oct, 2015 in London, where Shri P.P. Chaudhary
and Speaker of Punjab & Goa State Legislature will represent India. P.P. Chaudhary expresses his gratitude and
thanks to the speaker of LokSabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu, and the senior
leadership on his nomination to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and
for the confidence posed in him for such an important assignment and stated
that he will try to represent India on world form in the best possible manner. It is relevant that Chaudhary
apart from holding membership of various Parliamentary Committees, is also chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Offices of Profit.
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