The delegation was to include the speaker, chief whip, secretary of parliament secretariat, and other top officials of the government
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has cancelled her tour to India amid preparations of Mujib Year.
“Speaker Dr Shirin was scheduled to lead an 18-member delegation to India following an invitation from Lok Sabha, but the tour has been cancelled,” Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury Liton, chief whip of the parliament, told the Dhaka Tribune on Sunday.
The delegation was to include the speaker, chief whip, secretary of parliament secretariat, and other top officials of the government, he added.
“There will be special session of Jatiya Sangsad on March 22-23 on the occasion of Mujib Year. We need to prepare everything for the special parliamentary session. Keeping this in mind, the delegation led by the speaker will not be travelling to India,” he added.
The delegation will visit India in a convenient time after the special session is over, he added.
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