Modi to address AIPO conference on Thursday

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his closing remarks after chairing a meeting to take stock of the Covid-19 situation in the eight worst-hit states in his first leg of PM-CM meeting via video conferencing, in New Delhi on Nov 24, 2020. Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Gujarat are the 8 states that are plagued with rising Covid cases as India intensifies its fight against the pandemic.

New Delhi, (Asian independent) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually address the concluding session of the 80th All India Presiding Officers’ (AIPO) Conference on Thursday afternoon.

Started in 1921, this year’s AIPO meet is being celebrated as the beginning of the centenary year of the Presiding Officers’ Conference. To celebrate the centenary year, the two-day conference is being held in Gujarat’s Kevadia — home to the Statue of Unity — on November 25-26.

A government statemment said that the theme for this year’s conference is ‘Harmonious Coordination between Legislature, Executive and Judiciary – Key to a Vibrant Democracy’.

The conference will be inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday. The conference will also be attended by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker and Chairperson of the Conference Om Birla, Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat, and state Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, among others.