parliment committee

CHAIRMAN OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITE----MURALI MANOHAR JOSHI


HOME MINISTER---26/11----SHIVRAJ PATIL

The congress on 3 October 2012 nominated the former Union Minister, A. Raja, Kanimozhi and Suresh Kalmadi as the  members of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Energy, Home Affairs and External Affairs respectively.

Raja was arrested in the 2G scam case on February 2 last year and is on bail since 15 May 2012.

Suresh Kalmadi, who was accused in the Commonwealth Games scam case, spent about nine months in jail and was released on bail on 19 January 2012.

DMK MP Kanimozhi, also an accused in some cases related to the 2G spectrum allocation,was nominated to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs.

Also,Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was made a member of the Standing Committee.

The role of the Parliamentary Standing Committees is to inspect the bill and give their opinion to the planned legislation associated about the regarding ministries.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi steps down as Chairman of Parliamentary
Standing Committee
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Member Abhishek Manu Singhvi resigned from the post of the Chairman
of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice, Personnel and Grievances. Mr. Singhvi held that he
resolved to resign in order to avert even the slenderest possible Parliamentary disturbance concerning the
alleged CDs being circulated about him and he unconditionally stated that the fabrications and false
allegations are being spread about supposed conversation in the CD.