<span style="color: #222222;">Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today said that the belief in the democracy has increased today and so is the responsibility of the representatives. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He was speaking after inaugurating the 7th Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region in the legislative assembly building in Lucknow today. He said that the rights of the presiding officers need to be curtailed so that these institutions become more democratic.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that recently during a meeting of presiding officers in Dehradun he had raised this issue and questioned about the rights of presiding officers especially in reference to anti-defection law. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Speaker added that whatever budget is available that should reach to the last man of society. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' In his keynote address, Governor of Madhya Pradesh Lalji Tondon said that Country is heading in a new direction and while criticism is always healthy but there should be no attempts to stop that. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the discussions in the conference will strengthen the democratic system.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that Deputy Chairperson of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh and Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will deliver the Keynote Address during the Plenary Sessions which will be held today and tomorrow. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Presiding officers, Secretary-General, Principal secretaries and Secretaries along with the representatives of foreign countries are participating in the two-day long conference. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The main theme of the conference is 'ROLE OF LEGISLATORS' and during the Plenary Sessions spread over two days, delegates will discuss the Capacity Building of Legislators for Scrutinizing Budgetary Proposals and Enhancing Focus of Legislators on Legislative Business. State Governor, Anandiben Patel will address the Valedictory Session tomorrow.</span><br />''