Congress No Longer Heads Parliament Panels On Residence, Data Expertise
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For the primary time in round three a long time, opposition events haven't been given the chairmanship of any of the 4 key parliamentary panels within the newest reshuffle introduced on Tuesday. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who headed the panel on Data Expertise, has been changed by an MP from the Shiv Sena's Shinde faction. The committee on Residence Affairs, which was additionally with the Congress, has been misplaced too.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has nevertheless been saved on because the Chairman of the Committee on Science and Expertise, Surroundings, Forests and Local weather Change.
With this, the chair of six main parliamentary committees -- Residence, IT, Defence, Exterior Affairs, Finance and Well being -- all at the moment 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 Residence Affairs.
Shashi Tharoor, who's contesting the celebration's presidential polls, has been changed by Prataprao Jadhav, a Shiv Sena MP from the Shinde faction.
Congress chief within the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in a letter to Speaker Om Birla final month, mentioned he was "dismayed" to study from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi that a "determination has been taken to withdraw the allocation of the position of Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT".
Stating that it is a departure from the prevailing conventions which have been honoured by successive governments, Mr Chowdhury had mentioned, "The federal government should perceive that each the precept of deliberation and session, in addition to conventions that encourage bipartisan cooperation throughout the functioning of vital our bodies like DSRCs, have to be honoured."
In response to sources, Chief of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge had additionally written a letter to Chief of the Home Piyush Goyal, protesting towards the federal government's transfer to "take away" the chairmanship of the parliamentary committee on residence affairs from the Congress.
The opposition celebration misplaced the chairmanship of the Home panels on exterior affairs and finance after the 2019 normal election.
The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Meals and Shopper Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle.
"TMC is the third-largest celebration in Parliament, additionally the second-largest opposition celebration doesn't get a single chairmanship. The biggest opposition celebration loses two essential chairmanships of standing committees. That is the stark actuality of latest India," TMC chief in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien mentioned in a press release.
Samajwadi Social gathering chief Ramgopal Yadav has been changed because the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Well being and Household Welfare.
The panel on meals can be chaired by BJP MP Locket Chatterjee and Well being by her celebration colleague Vivek Thakur.
Additionally, the DMK has been given chairmanship of parliamentary panel on Business, which was until now with the TRS.
There are 24 parliamentary standing committees, of which 16 are headed by Lok Sabha members and eight by Rajya Sabha members.
The panels are constituted yearly.
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