DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 27 (MExN): Speaker of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA), Sharingain Longkumer called upon Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla at his office in the Parliament House, New Delhi on February 26.
The speakers discussed several matters of common interest for the State Assembly and the Parliament, informed a press release from the NLA Secretariat. Longkumer took up the issue of organizing an orientation programme for the members of the State Assembly in Kohima, through the Lok Sabha Secretariat's Training and Research Division, PRIDE.
He also stressed on the need for creating greater opportunities for the training of the Assembly Secretariat's Staff both in Delhi and in Kohima with the support of PRIDE. He further took up the matter of the implementation of the E-Vidhan programme, the paperless Assembly project, an extension of the e-Governance and Digital India initiatives of the Government of India — for which the Lok Sabha Secretariat is now the nodal institution — for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.
The Lok Sabha Speaker reportedly promised full support and co-operation in fulfilling all the requests placed before him by Sharingain Longkumer and stated that in some of the areas like organizing the training and orientation programmes, early outcomes are expected.
The NLA Speaker was accompanied by the Assembly Secretary, Dr PJ Antony and the Assembly's Legal Consultant, N Benjamin Newmai.
