Parliament Panels Reconstituted, Congress Leaders Retained As Chairmen
NDTV
BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi replaced Bhupender Yadav, now a minister, as chairman of the panel on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh were today retained as the head of parliamentary standing committees on information-technology, home affairs and science and environment, respectively.
BJP's Sushil Kumar Modi, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, replaced Bhupender Yadav as the chairman of the panel on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, after Mr Yadav was appointed as a minister.
Various department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees were reconstituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today in consultation with Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu.
BJP member Jual Oram will retain the chairmanship of the Committee on Defence, in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continues to be a member.