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Parliamentar y Democracy in Covid Times
Madras Management Association (MMA) in collaboration with KonradAdenauerStiftung (KAS) presented a panel discussion on the theme, “Parliamentary Democracy in Covid Times” through webinar on 23 June 2020. ORF and NGPL were the event partners. The panel comprised the following distinguished members:
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roup Captain R Vijayakumar (Retd), ED, MMA, welcomed the
panellists
and
the
participants. Mr Peter Rimmele, Resident Representative to India of KAS, delivered the introductory remarks. “Parliament is the beating
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Mr N K Premachandran – Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (From Kerala)
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Mr Naresh Gujral – Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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Prof G Ramesh – Professor – Public Policy, IIM Bangalore
heart in Germany,” he said and underlined that Parliament can never be independent of the Executive. Mr M R Madhavan, CoFounder and President, PRS Legislative Research, moderated the panel discussion. He highlighted the functions of Parliament and stressed that though Parliament’s
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