MP Aparajita Sarangi elected to IPU executive committee

MP Aparajita Sarangi elected to IPU executive committee: Lok Sabha member from Bhubaneswar, Aparajita Sarangi has been elected as a member to the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The Parliamentarian from Odisha bagged 12 out of the total of 18 available votes in the election to the post held at Kigali, Rwanda.

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She will represent India at the 15-member executive committee of the union. IPU empowers the parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy, and sustainable development through diplomacy.

Notably, this will be the first time in 20 years, that India will have her representative in the international committee.