New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressedd the concluding session of the 80th All India Presiding Officers Conference today via video conferencing. The two-day conference began yesterday at Kevadia in Gujarat.
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President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates the conference which is being attended by Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, the state’s Chief Minister Vijay Rupani among others. Speaker Om Birla is also the chairperson of the conference.
The All India Presiding Officers Conference began in 1921, and the Gujarat event marks its centenary year. The theme for this year’s conference is Harmonious Coordination between Legislature, Executive and Judiciary – Key to a Vibrant Democracy.
UPDATES:
# Only one voter list should be used for Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and other elections. Why’re we wasting time and money on these lists? – PM
# One Nation, One Election’ isn’t just an issue of deliberation, but also need of the country. It hampers the developmental work and all of you know about it. We must think about it seriously and office-holders can lead deliberations on this: PM Modi
# I would urge you to take initiatives to make aspects of our Constitution more popular among our youth and that too, through innovative methods: PM Modi
# Our Constitution has many features but a special feature is importance of duties. Gandhi ji was very keen on it. He saw close link b/w rights & duties. He felt that once we perform our duties, rights will automatically be safeguarded: PM at All India Presiding Officers Conference
# We must remember that when politics take over people and nation-first policies, the nation has to pay adversely in such situations: PM Modi
# Our Constitution shows us the way to fight every challenge in the 21st century. Our Constitution is moving swiftly towards its 75th year. In such a scenario, we’ve to work in a planned way to turn processes in sync with the new decade: PM Modi
# As presiding officers, you have a key role in our democracy. All of you, as lawmakers, are an important link between the people and the nation. You can play a crucial role in improving coordination between executive, judiciary and legislature: PM Modi
# This day in 2008, terrorists from Pakistan attacked Mumbai. Many including foreign citizens, policemen died. I pay tributes to them. India can’t forget those wounds. Today India is fighting terrorism with new policies. I also bow down to our security personnel fighting terror: PM Modi
# I would like to greet every Indian citizen on the constitution day. I would like to thank all the esteemed individuals involved in the making of the constitution: PM Modi
