GUWAHATI, Aug 17 - The three-day conference of the 17th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA India Zone-III, which was to begin here yesterday, was postponed after the executive committee met briefly and passed a resolution condoling the demise of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The meeting, presided over by Assembly Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami, in its condolence resolution, deeply mourned the death of the former Prime Minister and described his demise as an immense loss to the nation in general and the north-eastern region in particular. �Late Vajpayee was a frequent visitor to the north-eastern region during various occasions and crises, both as a leader and as a Prime Minister, and it was he who had introduced a number of economic packages and decisions that had laid the foundation for accelerated development of the region,� the condolence resolution said.
The brief meeting was attended by the Speakers and the Deputy Speakers of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland.
