Congress loses chairmanship of parliamentary committee on IT, Home; 6 key panels with BJP

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Opposition events haven’t been given the chairmanship of any of the 4 key parliamentary panels together with the committee on Home Affairs and Information Technology, which had been with the Congress, within the newest rejig introduced on Tuesday.

With this, the chair of six main parliamentary committees — Home, IT, Defence, External Affairs, Finance and Health — all are with the BJP and its allies.

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been changed by BJP MP and retired IPS officer Brij Lal because the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Home Affairs.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s contesting the celebration’s presidential polls, has been changed by Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction, as the top of the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology.

The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle.

“TMC is the third largest party in Parliament, also the second largest opposition party does not get a single chairmanship. The largest opposition party loses two crucial chairmanships of Standing committees. This is the stark reality of New India,” TMC chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien stated in a press release.

Samajwadi Party chief Ramgopal Yadav has been changed because the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare.

The panel on meals can be chaired by BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and Health by her celebration colleague Vivek Thakur.

Also, the DMK has been given chairmanship of parliamentary panel on Industry which was until now with the TRS.

NEW DELHI: Opposition events haven’t been given the chairmanship of any of the 4 key parliamentary panels together with the committee on Home Affairs and Information Technology, which had been with the Congress, within the newest rejig introduced on Tuesday.

With this, the chair of six main parliamentary committees — Home, IT, Defence, External Affairs, Finance and Health — all are with the BJP and its allies.

Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has been changed by BJP MP and retired IPS officer Brij Lal because the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Home Affairs.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who’s contesting the celebration’s presidential polls, has been changed by Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction, as the top of the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology.

The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle.

“TMC is the third largest party in Parliament, also the second largest opposition party does not get a single chairmanship. The largest opposition party loses two crucial chairmanships of Standing committees. This is the stark reality of New India,” TMC chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien stated in a press release.

Samajwadi Party chief Ramgopal Yadav has been changed because the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare.

The panel on meals can be chaired by BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and Health by her celebration colleague Vivek Thakur.

Also, the DMK has been given chairmanship of parliamentary panel on Industry which was until now with the TRS.