Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will inaugurate the 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association(NERCPA) Conference at Imphal in Manipur today.
She arrived in Imphal on Wednesday evening and was accorded a warm welcome by Manipur Legislative Assembly Speaker Yumnam Khemchand at Imphal Airport.Stage is set for the inauguration of the 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference at the Manipur Legislative Assembly Thursday morning.
The theme of the Conference is North East and Look East Policy. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Manipur Governor Dr. Najma Heptulla, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Speaker
and NERCPA Chairman Abu Taher Mondal, Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh, Presiding Officers and members of the legislatures of North East States will participate in this Conference.
The Conference will deliberate on three significant themes - North East and Look East Policy, special plan for development of railways, airways, surface road and inland waterways connectivity for speedy economic development of North East Region and setting up of a chapter of Speaker’s Research Initiative in the North Eastern Region for capacity building of the legislators of the region and generating research for the North Eastern legislatures.