A parliamentary shake-up reduces opposition power and reshapes key committee leadership.
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A parliamentary shake-up reduces opposition power and reshapes key committee leadership.
The Trinamool Congress lost both of its parliamentary committee chairmanships in a major reshuffle.
The BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi took over the commerce committee from TMC's Dola Sen. The chemicals and fertilisers committee went to rebel TMC leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, replacing party MP Kirti Azad.
These changes came as part of a broader reorganization that also shifted leadership of several other committees, including railways and labour, though some Congress MPs retained their posts.
Senior TMC leaders immediately objected to the reshuffle. Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O'Brien wrote to the chairman arguing that as the third-largest party in the upper house, they should have retained a chairmanship, citing similar past deprivations.
Separately, Abhishek Banerjee protested the appointment of the rebel MP Dastidar, questioning her party affiliation and claiming his request to keep rebel MPs out of consideration pending disqualification petitions was ignored.
Committee chairpersons are appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, depending on which house oversees the panel.
In unrelated parliamentary business on the same day, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar chaired a consultative committee meeting on India-Russia relations.
He briefed members on efforts to expand trade and Russia's agreement to take up to 70,000 Indian skilled workers this year, the Hindustan Times and The Hindu reported.
Jaishankar also discussed India's diplomatic stance on the Ukraine conflict, reiterating support for dialogue to end the war.
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