Summary:
Shimla, Nov 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday sought the Centre"s approval for establishing National e-Vidhan Academy at HP Vidhan Sabha in Dharamshala.
Addressing the inaugural session of All India Presiding Officers" Conference in Shimla, Thakur said the optimum utilisation of Tapovan premises of HP Vidhan Sabha in Dharamshala will be ensured if approval for establishing National e-Vidhan Academy is granted.
A total of 378 dignitaries, including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, speakers and deputy speakers of 36 state assemblies and councils, are participating in the conference.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also virtually addressed the inaugural session of the conference.
The first such conference was held in Shimla hundred years ago in 1921.
Elaborating, Thakur said only the winter session of the state assembly is currently held for about five-six days a year at HP Vidhan Sabha in Dharamshala.