Delhi Confidential: Lok Sabha Speaker wants MPs to learn lessons from Padma awardees

They Padma awardees will visit Parliament during the Budget Session, and share their experiences with the elected members.

Om Birla

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Lesson, session: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wants Members of Parliament to learn a lesson from the Padma awardees. With the government keen on promoting extraordinary achievers from among the masses, the MPs will get an opportunity to interact with the awardees.

On Friday, Birla invited some of the Padma awardees to share their experiences. They awardees will visit Parliament during the Budget Session, too, and share their experiences with the elected members. Such interactions, the Lok Sabha secretariat says, will help the members in capacity-building.

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