Legislators should strive to enrich Parliamentary traditions: Birla

Udaipur: LS Speaker Om Birla on Monday voiced concern over the falling standards of debate in legislatures and said such tendencies can be reined in only when voters start questioning the conduct of their elected representatives in the Houses.

Inaugurating the ninth Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA’s) India Region Conference, Birla also made a strong pitch to embrace digitisation of the proceedings of legislatures to ensure efficiency and transparency. He said people’s representatives must maintain exemplary conduct and etiquette that enhance the prestige, dignity of House, strengthen faith in legislative institutions.