Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has retained the chairmanship of the External Affairs Committee of Lok Sabha. Scroll down to know more.
New Delhi: In a significant political development, the Lok Sabha has reappointed chairmen of multiple committees, with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor retaining chairmanship of the External Affairs Committee. In addition to the congress leader, DMK’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has also been reappointed as chairperson of the Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution committee. Here are all the details you need to know about Shashi Tharoor retaining chairmanship of the External Affairs Committee.
Lok Sabha reconstitutes several parliamentary standing committees
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday reconstituted several parliamentary standing committees and formed two select committees—the Public Trusts (Amendment) Provisions Bill and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill.
Which Congress leaders are part of parliamentary standing committees?
Among the Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi is a member of the Defence Committee, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a member of the Home Committee, P. Chidambaram is a member of the Finance Committee, and Jairam Ramesh is a member of the Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Committee.
Other committee chairpersons include:
P.C. Mohan—Social Justice and Empowerment
Anurag Thakur—Coal, Mining and Steel
Saptagiri Shankar—Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Kirti Azad Jha—Chemicals and Fertilizers
Rajiv Pratap Rudy—Water Resources
Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy—Housing and Urban Affairs
C.M. Ramesh – Railways
Sunil Tatkere – Petroleum and Natural Gas
Basavaraj Bommai – Labor, Textiles and Skill Development
Bharatibhari Mahtab – Finance
Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne – Energy
Radha Mohan Singh – Defense
Nishikant Dubey – Communications and Information Technology
Charanjit Singh Channi – Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food Processing
(With inputs from agencies)
