After the heavy criticisms from the opposition parties over the delay in the formation of parliamentary committees, Government of India has constituted various parliamentary standing committees for this year.
List of Major appointments in these parliamentary committees-
Bhartiya Janta Party leader Radha Mohan Singh has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Railways. Farooq Abdullah, BJP’s Pragya Singh Thakur are also the appointed members on this committee.
BJP's Radha Mohan Singh appointed as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Railways. pic.twitter.com/s4nZiL3CVe
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Rakesh Singh has been made the Chairperson of Committee on Coal & Steel. Whereas saffron party’s Rama Devi has been appointed as the Chairperson of Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment.
BJP's Rakesh Singh appointed as the Chairperson of Committee on Coal & Steel. BJP's Rama Devi appointed as the Chairperson of Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment, BJP's Maneka Gandhi, Hans Raj Hans and NCP's Supriya Sule also appointed as members of the committee. pic.twitter.com/aUfJJaoEi9
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Kanimozhi from DMK party bagged the post of Chairperson of Committee on Chemicals & Fertilisers. Another regional party Shiv Sena‘s leader, Prataprao Jadhav has been made the Chairperson of Committee on Rural Development.
DMK's Kanimozhi appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Chemicals & Fertilisers. Shiv Sena's Prataprao Jadhav appointed as the Chairperson of Committee on Rural Development, BJP's BY Raghavendra also appointed as a member of the committee. pic.twitter.com/0VSY2TUIvD
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Chairperson of Committee on Urban Development will be Jagdambika Pal. The committee also has other prominent leaders of BJP such as Gautam Gambhir, Hema Malini & MJ Akbar. BJP’s Sanjay Jaiswal will now be the Chairperson of Committee on Water Resources. This committee also includes Prajwal Revanna & TMC’s Nusrat Jahan as its members.
BJP's Jagdambika Pal to be Chairperson of Committee on Urban Development, BJP's Gautam Gambhir, Hema Malini & MJ Akbar also appointed as members. BJP's Sanjay Jaiswal to be Chairperson of Committee on Water Resources, Prajwal Revanna & TMC's Nusrat Jahan also appointed as members pic.twitter.com/hUvrOE5Zhy
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BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas, Congress' Ahmed Patel also appointed as a member. BJP's Radha Mohan Singh appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Railways, Farooq Abdullah, BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur also appointed as members pic.twitter.com/omDHl9SE7V
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TMC's Sudip Bandyopadhyay appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs&Public Distribution; MC Mary Kom & Bhagwant Mann also appointed as members. BJD's Bhartruhari Mahtab appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Labour, Varun Gandhi also appointed as a member pic.twitter.com/qJCW4sVDIm
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TRS' K Keshava Rao appointed as Committee on Industry's Chairperson, BSP's Danish Ali also appointed as member. Congress' Jairam Ramesh appointed as Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests' Chairperson; Sakshi Maharaj & Asaduddin Owaisi also appointed as members. pic.twitter.com/SI9EqQzf9n
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YSR Congress Party's V Vijaya Sai Reddy appointed as Chairperson of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce. BJP's Jual Oram appointed as Chairperson of Committee on Defence, Congress' Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Singhvi Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut also appointed as its members. pic.twitter.com/pjHxEsbi7f
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