Hanoi (Vietnam), 29 March 2015: The Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by Sumita Mahajan, Speaker, Lok Sabha is attending the 132nd Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) being held in Hanoi (Vietnam).
On the first day, the Delegation attended the meeting of the Asia Pacific Geo Political Group of IPU in which India is a member. During the meeting the Speaker proposed the nominations for the vacancies in some crucial committees to be filled during the 132nd Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Candidatures of Raj Kumar Singh, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha on the Bureau of the First Standing Committee of IPU on Peace and International Security and Nagendra Singh, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha on the Bureau of the Second Standing Committee of IPU on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade was proposed.
Subsequently, Raj Kumar Singh, MP and Nagendra Singh, MP, from the India Group of IPU got elected unanimously. The two members will serve on the two important Committees for a period of four years upto 2018 and will be contributing in shaping the agenda and functioning of the Committees.
This is for the first time, during India’s fruitful participation in the IPU Statutory Assemblies, that two of its members of Parliament have been elected unopposed to the Beureaux of two Standing Committees at one active IPU Assembly. Both the elected members thanked the Speaker and promised to work for playing active role in the Committees.