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Delhi, Assam Speakers Discuss Legislative Modernisation and Youth Outreach
The Speakers of the Delhi and Assam Assemblies met to discuss how legislatures can work better.
They talked about using technology and protecting important historical records.
Delhi’s Assembly is moving toward paperless work and more solar power.
It has also created an artificial intelligence platform called Vidhan Sāthī to help legislators.
The leaders met students at Keshav Mahavidyalaya to explain how legislatures function.
Students toured the Assembly and watched a documentary about Vithalbhai Patel.
The Delhi Assembly is planning a museum and an online heritage project.
Both Speakers also discussed sharing knowledge and legislative practices.
Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta met Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass during Dass’s visit to Delhi.
The Speakers discussed legislative modernisation, sustainability, parliamentary heritage and cooperation between their institutions.
They addressed students at Keshav Mahavidyalaya through the Delhi Assembly’s Youth Outreach Programme.
Gupta highlighted paperless proceedings, solar-power plans and the artificial intelligence-enabled Vidhan Sāthī platform.
The Delhi Assembly presented its heritage, digitisation and preservation initiatives, including a proposed museum and e-Sangrahalaya.
- Who
- Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta and Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass, along with students of Keshav Mahavidyalaya.
- What
- They discussed legislative modernisation, sustainability, heritage preservation, youth engagement and cooperation between the Delhi and Assam legislatures.
- Where
- The Delhi Legislative Assembly and Keshav Mahavidyalaya.
- When
- Thursday.
- Why
- To improve legislative functioning, involve young people in democratic institutions and share institutional knowledge.
Key facts
- Meeting participants
- Vijender Gupta and Ranjeet Kumar Dass
- Student programme
- Delhi Assembly Youth Outreach Programme
- Technology initiative
- Vidhan Sāthī, an in-house artificial intelligence-enabled platform for legislative information
- Sustainability goal
- The Delhi Assembly is working toward becoming fully solar-powered
- Heritage plans
- A proposed e-Sangrahalaya, museum and immersive light-and-sound experience
- Historical preservation
- Digitisation and preservation of archival and legislative records
- Publication presented
- Ek Shatābdi Yātra, a coffee-table book about the Assembly’s historical and organisational journey
Quotes
Ranjeet Kumar Dass
Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
“It is a great privilege to visit a Legislative Assembly and understand its functioning from within. You are fortunate to have this opportunity at a young age, and I hope it inspires you to remain informed, curious and engaged with our democratic institutions.”
thestatesman.com
“Democracy becomes stronger when young people understand its institutions, ask questions and participate in public life with awareness and responsibility. Gen Z is not merely the future of our democracy; it is an important voice in its present.”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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