West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari attends inaugural session of 2-day orientation programme for newly-elected Bengal MLAs

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, inaugurated a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Friday at the Convention Centre in New Town.

The inaugural session was attended by Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose, and several other senior political leaders and constitutional functionaries.

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The programme has been organised jointly by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) under the Lok Sabha Secretariat and the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.

Kolkata, West Bengal: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju inaugurated an orientation programme for members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in collaboration with the state Assembly pic.twitter.com/bUEarNXNnH

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Over the next two days, the newly elected legislators will participate in a series of expert-led sessions on the responsibilities of elected representatives and the functioning of legislative institutions.

The discussions will focus on legislative procedure, parliamentary conventions, executive accountability, committee systems, financial business, private members’ Bills, parliamentary privileges, ethics, and the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), the digital platform for legislative business.

The sessions will be conducted by experienced presiding officers from state legislatures, Members of Parliament, constitutional experts, and senior parliamentary practitioners from across the country. The organisers said the programme is intended to equip legislators with a better understanding of parliamentary practices while encouraging the exchange of ideas and best practices in democratic governance.

The orientation programme will conclude on Saturday with a valedictory session in the historic chamber of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The closing ceremony will be addressed by West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alongside Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose, and other dignitaries.