New Delhi: At least 28 Rajya Sabha MPs have been dropped from the existing panel due to low attendance.
A total of 50 members of Rajya Sabha have been placed in new committees.
A senior Rajya Sabha official said, “This includes 28 members who had poor attendance in the meetings of the committees held during 2020-21.
“Out of these 28, 12 members did not attend any meeting in the last one year due to COVID-19 or elections,” he said.
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has replaced Bhupendra Yadav as the chairman of the Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice panel of Parliament in the latest reshuffle of the standing committees.
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien have been transferred to the Home Affairs Committee.
This comes at a time when the opposition is mounting pressure on the government and demanded the removal of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra from the Union Cabinet over the October 3 violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, in which eight people were killed. Were.
In addition, Chhaya Devi Verma has been shifted from agriculture to social justice and empowerment, while Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Kumar Jha has been shifted from railways to labour.
Besides this, Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohail will join the transport panel from the IT committee, while Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Sasmit Patra is now on the education committee from the Law and Justice committee.
In addition, TMC leader Mausam Noor has been transferred from commerce to the water resources panel and world champion in boxing. This comes after nominated member MC Mary Kom has opted for an urban development panel from the food body.
Indu Bala Goswami will be on the health panel.
There are 24 standing committees and each panel consists of 11 members from Rajya Sabha and 20 members from Lok Sabha.
Another official said, “All three Shiv Sena members have got new panels in the Rajya Sabha. Sanjay Raut moved from defence to foreign affairs, Anil Desai from coal and steel to commerce and Priyanka Chaturvedi from commerce to transport, tourism and culture.
“All 3 had a good attendance last year,” he said.
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