Orientation programme for new MPs

With the 16th Lok Sabha boasting of as many as 315 first-time MPs, a two-day orientation programme is being organised here from June 30 to apprise them of Parliamentary procedures.

Lok Sabha sources said Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who has laid great stress on training of members, will inaugurate the programme.

The over month-long Budget session of Parliament will commence on July 7.

BJP is also organising a two-day orientation programme for its new MPs starting from June 28 in Surajkund in Haryana.

Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will teach party MPs on etiquettes to be followed in Parliament and things to keep in mind as people's representatives.