Indian Parliamentary Team to Visit Sri Lanka - April 8 -12,2013

A delegation of 6 Indian parliamentarians will visit Sri Lanka between April 8 and April 12,2013 , which is being organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).They will also visit Colombo and Jaffna during the trip.

The delegation comprises of -

• Saugata Roy (Trinamool Congress)
• Sandeep Dikshit (Congress)
•  Anurag Thakur (BJP)
• Dhananjay Singh (BSP)
•  Goud Yaskhi (Congress)  and
•  Prakash Javadekar (BJP). 

They will be accompanied by two FICCI representatives.

Jyoti Malhotra, convener of the FICCI’s Forum of Parliamentarians, who will accompany the delegation, said FICCI had been working to constitute a ‘Track Two political dialogue’ between Indian parliamentarians and their Sri Lankan counterparts for many months now, for greater political interaction and understanding. The visit is part of a larger programme that seeks to institutionalise political partnerships.