LS Speaker Birla to open orientation programme for Haryana MLAs in Chandigarh

IANS February 14, 2025 326 views

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is set to inaugurate a critical two-day orientation program for Haryana's newly elected legislators in Chandigarh. The program, organized by PRIDE, aims to equip MLAs with essential parliamentary skills and democratic practices. With 40 first-time legislators, including 13 women, the training will cover crucial aspects of legislative functioning and governance. This initiative represents a significant investment in enhancing the capabilities of elected representatives and strengthening democratic processes.

"Parliamentary committees are the soul of democratic processes" - Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker
Chandigarh, Feb 13: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of 15th Legislative Assembly of Haryana in Chandigarh on Friday.

Key Points

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First-time MLAs to receive comprehensive legislative training

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PRIDE to conduct orientation for 90 elected members

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Session includes parliamentary procedures and executive accountability

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13 women legislators participate in program

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini; Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, Harvinder Kalyan; ministers in the state government, besides members of the Assembly will be present on the occasion.

During the orientation, Union Ministers, Chairpersons of Parliamentary Committees, Members of Parliament and domain experts will brief the Members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly on, among others, how to be an effective legislator: Do's and Don'ts for Members; legislative and financial business in Indian Parliament and in Haryana Legislative Assembly; committee system -- soul of parliamentary democracy; executive accountability through questions and other devices in legislatures; the role of minister in legislative processes; parliamentary privileges and National eVidhan Application (NeVA).

The orientation is being organised by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat in collaboration with the Haryana Legislative Assembly Secretariat.

Since 1981, when the first orientation for a state legislature was organised for the newly elected Members of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, PRIDE has so far conducted 70 orientation courses, attended by more than 5,032 members of state Assemblies. The Haryana Vidhan Sabha has 40 first-time MLAs.

Among the 90 elected MLAs, political veterans are former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, seven-time lawmaker Anil Vij of the BJP and seasoned politician Raghuvir Singh Kadian of the Congress.

The largest number of first-timers belongs to the BJP, with 23 new MLAs, followed by the Congress, which has 13. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Independents each have two first-timers.

There is a record 13 women legislators, with Congress' Geeta Bhukkal being the senior most, having been elected five times.

Savitri Jindal, the richest Indian woman with $33 billion net worth, is the lone Independent woman MLA and has been elected thrice.

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