NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday inaugurate a meeting of the National presiding officers to be held in Shimla on 17-18 November to commemorate the centennial year of the All India Presiding Officers’ Conference (AIPOC), the 82nd edition of the AIPOC, said Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will preside over the conference. The Conference will be attended by the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and the presiding officers of all the States and Union Territories, added the Lok Sabha speaker. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur will also participate in the meeting. Along with this, many Union ministers will also participate in it. The Governor of Himachal Pradesh will conclude the conference, he added.
“In the meeting, the ways of empowering the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council would be discussed,” said Birla.
Speaking about the anti-defection law and the role of the presiding officers in it, he said, “It was discussed in the Dehradun session that the authority of the presiding officers should be limited in the anti-defection law.”
“In such a situation, this issue will be discussed again in this conference and if any changes are required to be made in the law,” added Birla.