New Delhi [India], October 5 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead an Indian Parliamentary delegation attending the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) scheduled in Bridgetown, Barbados from October 5 to 12, according to a Lok Sabha Secretariat statement.

The Indian delegation will consist of Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Harivansh; MP (Lok Sabha) & CPA Executive Committee Member Anurag Sharma; MP (Lok Sabha) & CWP Steering Committee Member D. Purandeswari; MP (Lok Sabha) K. Sudhakar; MP (Rajya Sabha) Rekha Sharma; MP (Rajya Sabha) Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade,; Secretary General, Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh and Secretary General, Rajya Sabha 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.

As per the release, the 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 Anurag Sharma, MP (Lok Sabha) as the Treasurer of CPA along with Bishwajit Daimary, Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, who is one of the Regional Representatives in the CPA Executive Committee from Indian Region.

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, the 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.

Birla is also expected to meet with the leadership of Barbados and interact with members of Indian diaspora during his stay in Barbados. (ANI)