New Delhi: Trinamool Congress may nominate its MP Kirti Azad as the head of the Parliament's standing committee related to the Department of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Rajya Sabha member Dola Sen is likely to be nominated as the head of the Commerce Committee. Party sources gave this information. However, party sources also said that they had not received any message from the government on this issue till the evening of the day before yesterday.
Names of MPs not found- Kiren RijijuParliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday, without naming the TMC, said that the party whose leaders are accusing the government of delaying the formation of committees has not given the names of its MPs. TMC sources said that till Wednesday evening, no official information has been given by the government regarding seeking names of leaders for the committees and it has also not been told how many committees have been allotted to the party.
According to the source, on September 26, a senior TMC leader had contacted the Parliamentary Affairs Minister. After this, the minister informed him about the committees which will be chaired by the TMC. TMC has 29 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 12 in the Rajya Sabha.
What is the responsibility of Kirti Azad and Dola Sen?
TMC is to chair the Standing Committee on Commerce under the Rajya Sabha. It has been given the chairmanship of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers under the Lok Sabha. A source associated with the ruling party in West Bengal said that TMC MP Kirti Azad is likely to be the chairman of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers and Dola Sen is likely to be nominated as the head of the Committee on Commerce.
where is the problem?
Top sources in the Lok Sabha Secretariat also revealed that the Lok Sabha Speaker's office has been unable to contact member of the House and senior MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay. A source in the Lok Sabha Secretariat told CNN-News18 that Bandyopadhyay is currently on a trip outside the country and that is probably the reason why he has not answered our questions. Earlier, O'Brien had written a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressing dissatisfaction over the delay in finalizing the names of the committees.
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Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event on Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said there was no delay in the formation of the committees. We have received support from all political parties except one. As a government, our job is to assist the offices of the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman. We have forwarded the names sent by these political parties. It is the job of the presiding officers to form the committees and decide the names of their chairpersons.
