Dissent must also be respected, he said at the inaugural session of the ‘Janpratinidhi Sammelan’ (Public Representatives’ Conference) organised under the ‘Samvidhan Pakhwada’ (Constitution Fortnight) by the Haryana Legislative Assembly in Panchkula. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasises respecting dissent as essential to democracy during the Janpratinidhi Sammelan in Haryana.