New Delhi, Nov 2 (TIWN) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is leading an Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 206th Session of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from November 1 to 4, participated in its Extraordinary virtual session.

Birla is chairing the Indian delegation in the meeting which is being held virtually from November 1-4, the secretariat said in an official statement.
Lok Sabha MP Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, both from the ruling party BJP, are part of the delegation, it said.

Presiding officers of 144 parliaments are participating in the virtual meeting, the main agenda for which is the election of a new president of IPU for the term 2020-23, it said.

The process of election to the post of IPU president commenced on Sunday, the statement said.