Overview

• The 68th CPC will run in Bridgetown, Barbados, from October 5 to 12.
• Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead India's contingent that includes Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh and presiding officers and officials from 22 states.
• Padhy will also take part in the 9th Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians meeting scheduled for October 7–8.
• She is scheduled to address a workshop on good practices and strategies for realizing gender-sensitive parliaments across the Commonwealth.
• Following the conference, her itinerary lists a study tour to London (Oct 12–14), Zurich (Oct 14–16) and Paris (Oct 16–18) with diaspora and diplomatic outreach, before returning to Odisha on October 19.