Trinamool Congress loses chairpersonship of two key Parliamentary panels
The leaders of some key BJP allies — JD(U), Shiv Sena and the TDP — have also been retained as heads of different Parliamentary committees
The Trinamool Congress has lost chairpersonship of two parliamentary standing committees as C.P. Radhakrishnan and Om Birla reconstituted the panels. Sudhanshu Trivedi of the BJP now chairs the Committee on Commerce, replacing TMC's Dola Sen. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a leader of the TMC's rebel faction, took over the Chair of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers from Kirti Azad.
DMK MPs Tiruchi Siva and K Kanimozhi have retained their chairperson positions for the Industry and Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution committees, respectively. Some BJP allies like JD-U, Shiv Sena, and TDP have also retained their committee chairperson roles. Opposition leaders Shashi Tharoor and Charanjit Singh Channi of the Congress have been kept as heads of the External Affairs and Agriculture committees, respectively.
Congress's Mukul Wasnik continues as chairperson of the Education, Women, Children, and Youth committee, while Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Verma stays in charge of the Health and Family Welfare panel. BJP's Radha Mohan Singh leads the Defence panel, and BJP's Sudheer Gupta replaces C.M. Ramesh as head of the Railways committee.
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