According to a notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor has been appointed because the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Tharoor’s appointment because the chairman of the parliamentary panel got here after his identify was advised by the Congress management. The suggestion comes at a time when diplomat-turned-politician Rahul is contesting in opposition to his occasion colleague Mallikarjun Kharge within the Congress’ presidential election.
Tharoor, who was earlier chairing the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology, has now been changed as a member of the committee as properly.
In the newest reshuffle of the parliamentary panel, which occurs yearly, Congress was not allotted the parliamentary panel on info expertise.
In the previous one yr, the Tharoor-led panel mentioned a spread of points just like the Pegasus spying controversy, web shutdown, Facebook whistleblowers criticizing the federal government.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat issued a notification itemizing the names of the members of the Parliamentary Panel on Chemicals and Fertilizers with Tharoor because the Speaker.
In one other notification, the Secretariat stated the Speaker has nominated MK Vishnu Prasad to the Information Technology Committee rather than Shashi Tharoor.
Apart from the panel on chemical compounds and fertilizers, Congress has been given the chairmanship of the one panel on commerce and the setting.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
