“Please accept my warm felicitations on your assumption of office as Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh,” the Indian Speaker said in a message to Dr Shirin Sharmin on Wednesday.
The message reads: “Your appointment to this august office reflects the spirit of empowerment of women in your beautiful country and epitomizes your ethics, values and ideals in supporting causes for the people of Bangladesh, in general, and upholding the rights of women and children, in particular.”
“India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Bangladesh and I would like to reiterate our commitment to follow a partnership leading to mutual benefit,” Meira Kumar said in her message.
She said both India and Bangladesh have constituted Parliamentary Friendship Group to strengthen cooperation between two Parliaments. “I’m confident that, together, we shall be able to strengthen and further bolster the inter-Parliamentary cooperation initiatives.”
She conveyed her best wishes for Shirin’s new assignment as the Speaker of Parliament, for her continued good health and for the progress and prosperity of the friendly people of Bangladesh.
The Lok Sabha or the House of the People is the lower house of Indian Parliament.