Delhi: PM Modi inaugurated National Legislators Conference on 'We For Development' on Saturday in the Central Hall of Parliament.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan welcomed all the delegates at Conference.

The conference attended by all Union Ministers, including Arun Jaitley, J P Nadda, Nirmala Sitharaman, Suresh Prabhu, Narender Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar and Dharmendra Pradhan.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gave a presentation on the first day and the plenary session was chaired by Prime minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will preside over the conference on the second day. Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will address at the closing session.

In the opening ceremony, Sumitra Mahajan addressed the Conference and said that about key roles of MPs and MLAs.

“We have to make sure that development reaches the last man standing in line, " said Lok Sabha Speaker.

The object of the conference is to bring MPs and MLAs on a single platform where ideas and plans for development can be exchanged broadly. Role of public representatives in development and optimum use of resources will be the major subjects on agenda for high-level discussions.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, Officials said the conference will hold discussions on how women help in the development work being done for the country where ideas on projects and plans can be debated.