PM Modi To Launch Sansad TV On Sept 15, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu & LS Speaker Om Birla To Take Part In Event

Sansad TV Launch Date: This new television channel has been created after merging Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The merger was officially announced by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat office in March.

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New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will launch Sansad TV on September 15, i.e. Friday, during an official event to be held at Parliament House. This new television channel will be created after merging Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be present at the launch event.     

It is being reported that the new channel aims to showcase high-quality content related to India's institutions and democratic values targeting national and international audiences. When the Parliament session begins, Sansad TV will have two channels to broadcast the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

Sansad TV to be launched on 15th September. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will take part in the event. pic.twitter.com/ASIvMj5qLp

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2021

According to the reports, Karan Singh will host a show on various religions, Bibek Debroy on history and Amitabh Kant on 'Transformation of India'. SAARCLAW Vice President Batra will host a show on legal matters. Retired IAS officer and former Textiles Ministry Secretary Ravi Kapoor is the CEO of the channel while Joint Secretary in lok sabha secretariat Manoj Arora is OSD.

Notably, the merger was reported in June last year and it was officially announced by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat office in March. In November last year, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla formed a panel to merge the two channels. Both the channels have been merged on the recommendation of the same panel.