The practice of democracy is currently being upgraded to international standards, India's President Pranab Mukherjee has said. He said Bangladesh has been a

parliamentary democracy to global standards. As a result, the International Parliamentary Forum of Bangladesh has been elected head of the CPA and IPU. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Pranab Mukherjee  in New Delhi on Saturday, when he met with the Parliament Secretariat said in a press release. Pranab Mukherjee also lauded the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the time that it is called.