BJP MP Anurag Sharma elected treasurer of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
Anurag Sharma, MP from Jhansi-Lalitpur parliamentary constituency, has been elected treasurer of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference (CPA) in Halifax Canada.
The CPA is the largest and oldest international parliamentary association in the world which elected MP Anurag Sharma as treasurer and made him the second Indian office bearer. Now one more seat has been added for India in CPA. Due to which the total number of Indian representatives has now reached 4
A 100-member delegation from India led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has joined. In this, apart from the selected MPs of the country, the Speakers of various states have participated. This conference willenable the community of regions to build strong, powerful and
effective parliamentary institutions that are capable of responding toand adapting to the challenges of present and future.
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
It is one of the oldest established organizations in the Commonwealth It was established in 1911. The mission of this association is to promote knowledge of the constitutional, legislative, economic, social and
cultural aspects of parliamentary democracy, particularly with reference to the countries of the Commonwealth.
The headquarters of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is located in London.
