LOK SABHA SPEAKER TO LEAD INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION AT THE 68TH COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE (CPC), IN BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS FROM 5 TO 12 OCTOBER 2025

Lok Sabha Secretariat LOK SABHA SPEAKER TO LEAD INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION AT THE 68TH COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE (CPC), IN BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS FROM 5 TO 12 OCTOBER 2025 DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, RAJYA SABHA, 36 PRESIDING OFFICERS AND 16 SECRETARIES FROM 24 STATE AND UNION TERRITORY LEGISLATURES TO ALSO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE SHRI BIRLA TO ADDRESS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 68TH CPC ON THE THEME 'THE

COMMONWEALTH: A GLOBAL PARTNER' LOK SABHA SPEAKER TO CHAIR A WORKSHOP ON "LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY: ENHANCING DEMOCRACY THROUGH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND TACKLING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE" MEMBERS OF INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO TAKE PART IN VARIOUS THEMATIC WORKSHOPSLOK SABHA SPEAKER TO INTERACT WITH HIS COUNTERPARTS FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES DURING THE CONFERENCE

Posted On: 05 OCT 2025 5:10PM by PIB Delhi An Indian Parliamentary delegation led by Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla, will be attending the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) scheduled to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from 05 to 12 October 2025. The Indian delegation will consist of Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Shri Harivansh; MP (Lok Sabha) & CPA Executive Committee Member Shri Anurag Sharma; MP (Lok Sabha) & CWP Steering Committee Member Dr. D. Purandeswari; MP (Lok Sabha) Dr. K. Sudhakar; MP (Rajya Sabha)Smt. Rekha Sharma; MP (Rajya Sabha) Dr. Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade,; Secretary General, Lok Sabha Shri Utpal Kumar Singh and Secretary General, Rajya Sabha Shri P.C. Mody.

This annual conference will also be attended by 36 Presiding Officers and 16 Secretaries from 24 State/UT Legislatures from across India who are also members of CPA.

Lok Sabha Speaker will address the General Assembly of this Conference on topic “The Commonwealth -A Global Partner”. During the Conference, seven workshops will be held on various subjects. Hon’ble Speaker would be chairing the Workshop on “Leveraging Technology: Enhancing Democracy through Digital Transformations and Tackling the Digital Divide”.

The Executive Committee meeting of CPA will be held during the Conference which will be attended by Shri Anurag Sharma, MP (Lok Sabha) as the Treasurer of CPA along with Shri Bishwajit Daimary, Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, who is one of the Regional Representatives in the CPA Executive Committee from Indian Region.

Dr. D. Purandeswari, MP (Lok Sabha) would be attending the meeting of “Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Steering Committee”. She will also be a panellist at the CWP Conference session on the topic “Good Practices and Strategies to Realising Gender-Sensitive Parliaments across the Commonwealth”.

Other members of delegation, including Presiding Officers from State/UT Legislatures, will also participate in various Workshops and the General Assembly of the Conference.

During this visit, Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha will also hold bilateral meetings and interact with his counterparts from other commonwealth countries to discuss matters of mutual interest and parliamentary cooperation.

Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha is also expected to meet with the leadership of Barbados and interact with members of Indian diaspora during his stay in Barbados. *** AM (Release ID: 2175055)