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TMC Loses Two Key Parliamentary Panel Chairpersonships
Parliament has groups of lawmakers that focus on different subjects.
On Saturday, the leaders of both houses changed who would lead these groups.
The Trinamool Congress lost two chairperson positions.
Sudhanshu Trivedi of the BJP took charge of the commerce group.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar took over the group dealing with chemicals and fertilisers.
Many other lawmakers stayed in their committee jobs.
Some lawmakers from several parties were also given new or renewed roles.
The reshuffle covered subjects such as defence, health, education and transport.
Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla reconstituted parliamentary standing committees on Saturday.
BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi replaced TMC's Dola Sen as chairperson of the commerce committee.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, described as belonging to a TMC rebel faction, replaced Kirti Azad on the chemicals and fertilisers panel.
Several opposition figures retained committee posts, including Shashi Tharoor, Charanjit Singh Channi, Mukul Wasnik and Ram Gopal Yadav.
The reshuffle also included appointments and reappointments from the BJP, DMK, JD(U), Shiv Sena and Samajwadi Party.
- Who
- Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla reconstituted the committees; lawmakers from several parties were appointed or retained as chairpersons.
- What
- Department-related parliamentary standing committees were reconstituted, including changes to two chairpersonships previously held by TMC MPs.
- Where
- India's Parliament.
- When
- Saturday; the articles do not specify a date.
- Why
- The articles say the committees were reconstituted but do not give a reason.
Key facts
- Committee action
- Department-related parliamentary standing committees were reconstituted.
- Commerce committee
- Sudhanshu Trivedi replaced Dola Sen as chairperson.
- Chemicals and fertilisers committee
- Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar replaced Kirti Azad as chairperson.
- Other retained opposition chairs
- Shashi Tharoor, Charanjit Singh Channi, Mukul Wasnik and Ram Gopal Yadav were retained.
- DMK appointments
- Tiruchi Siva and K Kanimozhi were reappointed to chair the industry and food-related committees, respectively.
- Other changes
- Sujeet Kumar replaced Brij Lal on the personnel, public grievances, law and justice committee; Sudheer Gupta replaced C M Ramesh on the railways committee.
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