POLITICS

Cong seeks chairmanship of 5 standing panels, Govt agrees for three

By IndianMandarins- 27 Aug 2024
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New Delhi (27.08.2024): The Congress has staked claim over chairmanship of five department related Parliamentary Standing Committees while the Government is ready to consider just three. The talks are still on but no decision has yet been arrived at. The Congress is insisting on the chairmanship of either Finance or External Affairs or Defence besides Social Justice and Empowerment, Agriculture and Food Processing. The Centre has assured to give one of the three important standing committees and offered the Opposition the chairmanship of labour, textile, skill development and rural development. For the Rajya Sabha House panel, the Congress is seeking the chairmanship of the Committee on Home Affairs but the government is offering Science and Technology, environment and forest.

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