'Responsibility towards public paramount'

New Delhi: Calling upon the newly elected legislators from Manipur to adopt a "public first" policy, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday underlined importance of taking all stakeholders on board while formulating any law.

Speaking on the occasion of the three-day orientation programme for the newly elected members of the legislative assembly from Manipur in New Delhi, Birla said, "Whenever you formulate a law make sure you take all the stakeholders on board, it is important to place a draft of such bills in the public domain to seek public feedback in order to make a lot more effective and publicly acceptable." The Speaker also asked lawmakers to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call in mind to do away with obsolete and outdated laws.