LS Speaker Om Birla urges constructive debate in legislatures, says leadership is built on ideas, not disruptions

July 5, 2026 2:09 PM

LS Speaker Om Birla urges constructive debate in legislatures, says leadership is built on ideas, not disruptions

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday called for meaningful democratic dialogue and constructive legislative functioning, asserting that leadership is built through facts, reason and ideas rather than sloganeering, disruptions or legislative deadlocks. Addressing the valedictory session of a two-day Orientation Programme for Members of the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly, LS Speaker Birla said legislatures must remain forums for discussion, deliberation and solutions, where debates contr...

West Bengal Assembly joins NeVA initiative, becomes country’s 33rd digital legislature

June 5, 2026 11:33 AM

West Bengal Assembly joins NeVA initiative, becomes country’s 33rd digital legislature

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Thursday signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA), becoming the 33rd legislature in the country to join the Centre's flagship initiative aimed at digitising legislative functioning. The MoU was signed in the presence of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs L...