Advani among 13 MPs to attend UNGA

October 02, 2012 20:31

India, the only country to send MPs to attend sessions of United Nations General Assembly, is deputing 13 Parliamentarians this time, including Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani.

The MPs, representing both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, will be in New York in three groups, one after another, from Friday, sources said in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Each group will attend the session for two weeks and speak on various issues ranging from economy to disarmament.While there are four MPs from the Congress, three are from the BJP, two from the Trinamool Congress and one each from the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal-United, Communist Party of India-Marxist and Bahujan Samaj Party.

The first batch of the MPs will attend the UN session from Friday. It will include Advani, they said.

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