NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said people of the country have come together to face the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed confidence that India will successfully overcome the challenge with everyone’s efforts.
He also congratulated people on the 68th anniversary of the first sitting of Parliament and said “today is a momentous day for the Indian democracy”.
“People of our great nation have collectively come together to face it and with the united efforts of countrymen, we will be successful in overcoming the COVID-19 epidemic too,” he said.
The first sitting of both the Houses of Parliament – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha – was held after Independence on May 13, 1952. (AGENCIES)