Parliament ablaze with Divali fashions as PM Kamla lays bill for Children's Life Fund

The House of Representatives was transformed Friday into an Indian fashion show with members from both sides dressed in Traditional East Indian outfits for the last sitting before next week's Divali celebration.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesssar wore a dark red and gold sari. Others dressed for the occasion included Donna Cox, Patricia McIntosh, Paula Gopee-Scoon, Vernella Alleyne-Toppin, Stacy Roopnarine, Jairam Seemungal, Lincoln Douglas, Herbert Volney, Winston Peters and Rudy Indarsingh.

The Prime Minister announced to the House that some of the outfits worn Friday by the MPs will be featured in next Wednesday's "Bombay Dreams" fashion show to raise funds for the Children’s Life Fund,

Persad-Bissesar laid the legislation to formalise the Fund, which will provide financial assistance to children who need emergency surgeries that are not available locally. 

She is contributing 15 per cent of her salary to the fund and cabinet members are donating five per cent. She announced that deductions so far have reached  $239,625 so far.