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Jaipur, Nov 13 (PTI) A special one-hour session will be held in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Sunday where children will be seen in the role of chief minister, assembly speaker, leader of opposition and legislators.
Assembly Speaker C P Joshi said it is the first initiative in the history of parliamentary democracy of the country when the children will be designated different roles in an assembly session and will run the House.
He said 200 children from 15 states in the age group of 6-16 have been selected on the basis of their performance recorded in videos which were judged by officials including the chief secretary and the assembly secretary as well as the leaders of the political parties.
“It is very important to inculcate the values of parliamentary democracy among children.
Through this initiative, we will be able to understand the curiosity of children about democracy.
We will come to know what goes inside their mind about democracy and how they look towards issues,” Joshi told reporters.