New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the All India Speakers’ Conference 2025 on Sunday.
The two-day event, being held at the Delhi Assembly, will focus on the role of leaders of the pre-Independence Central Legislative Assembly in India’s freedom struggle.
It will also commemorate 100 years of Veer Vitthalbhai Patel, who became the first elected Indian Speaker of a legislature.
Special sessions on “India as the Mother of Democracy” and “The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Its Relationship with Transparency, Accountability and Trust in Governments” are also scheduled, said Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta.
“The Delhi Legislative Assembly stands as the first Parliament in the country, from where revolutionaries and national leaders raised the call for freedom that resonated across India,” Gupta said.
The conference, which will conclude with an address by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, will also feature an exhibition, panel discussions, and the screening of a specially commissioned documentary celebrating Vitthalbhai Patel’s contributions to the Constitution, parliamentary institutions, social reforms, and India’s freedom movement.
Discussions during the conference will highlight three key themes:
-The role of pre-Independence Central Legislative Assembly leaders in the freedom struggle and social reforms,
– Artificial Intelligence and its link with transparency, accountability, and trust in governance, and
-India as the Mother of Democracy.
A total of 29 Speakers and 17 Deputy Speakers of State Legislative Assemblies, along with six Chairmen and four Deputy Chairmen of State Legislative Councils from across the country, have confirmed their participation, Gupta said.
Key speakers at the event will include Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister of Culture and Tourism; Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
