Members of Indo-China parliamentary group announced

NEW DELHI, JAN. 12. The former Union Minister, Mr. Harin Pathak, Mr. Ramesh Chennitala (Congress), Mr. P.H. Pandian (AIADMK) and Mr. R. Ramchandriah (TDP) are among the 27 MPs nominated as members of the India-China Parliamentary Friendship Group.

The constitution of the group, to be headed by the senior BJP leader, Mr. Madan Lal Khurana, was announced by Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi, on Thursday in response to visiting the Chinese leader, Mr. Li Peng's suggestion for having an institutional mechanism for regular parliamentary exchange between the two countries.

Mr. Li had made this suggestion to the President, Mr. K.R. Narayanan, during the latter's visit to Beijing last year.

The committee, having 18 members from the Lok Sabha and nine from the Rajya Sabha, will have two vice-presidents, Mr. R.L. Bhatia (Congress) and Mr. S. Ramachandran Pillai (CPI-M).

Besides maintaining political, economic, social and cultural contacts between the two countries, the group would aim at creating favourable conditions for continuous development of inter-parliamentary contacts and promoting cooperation between the two delegations while participating in the deliberations of international organisations.

Other members of the group include Mr. Pawan Kumar Bansal (Congress), Mr. Subodh Roy and Abul Hasnat Khan (CPI-M), Ms. Beatrix D'Souza (JD-Samata), all from the Lok Sabha and Mr. Ramchandra Khuntia (Congress), Ms. Mabel Rebello and Ven Dhammaviriyo (RJD), all from the Rajya Sabha.

- PTI

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