New Delhi, Aug 11 (KNO): Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Monday announced that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the All India Speakers' Conference in the National Capital on August 24.
According to the details available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) “The All India Speakers' Conference,” will feature a grand exhibition and a specially commissioned documentary celebrating Vitthalbhai Patel’s life, parliamentary contributions, and role in India’s freedom movement.
The Speakers and Deputy Speakers of various state Assemblies shall be accorded the status of State Guests during the conference, Gupta said.
He said the centenary of Vitthalbhai Patel’s leadership will be marked by a grand exhibition, documentary release, and special postage stamp at the All India Speakers’ Conference in Delhi.
Pertinently, elections to the post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly, as Parliament was called in the pre-independence days, were held for the first time on August 24, 1925 when Swarajist Party nominee Vitthalbhai J Patel won the post against T Rangachariar.
Patel, the first non-official member to be elected as the Speaker, won the maiden election with a narrow margin of two votes. Patel had polled 58 votes against 56 garnered by Rangachariar—(KNO)