Union Minister L Murugan to move motion appointing Bhim Singh, Sagarika Ghose to Joint Committee during Parliament Monsoon Session
New Delhi, July 20
Union Minister L Murugan is set to move the motion for the appointment of Rajya Sabha members Bhim Singh and Sagarika Ghose as members of the Joint Committee on the first day of the Parliament Monsoon Session on Monday.
The motion follows the resignation of Saket Gokhale and Bhubaneswar Kalita from the membership of the Rajya Sabha, creating two vacancies in the Upper House of the Parliament.
According to the list of business, Murugan is set to move the motion, "That this House concurs in the recommendation of the Lok Sabha that the Rajya Sabha do appoint two Members of Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the vacancies caused by the retirement of Saket Gokhale and Bhubaneswar Kalita from the membership of the Rajya Sabha and communicate to the Lok Sabha the names of the Members so appointed by the Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee and resolves that Bhim Singh and Sagarika Ghose be appointed to the said Joint Committee to fill the vacancies."
Union Minister Suresh Gopi is also expected to make a statement regarding the implementation status of parliamentary recommendations concerning litigations involving oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
The statement will address the status of implementation of the recommendations and observations contained in the Committee's Fourth Report (Eighteenth Lok Sabha). This report details the action taken by the government on the previous recommendations contained in the Committee's Twenty-fourth Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on the subject 'Litigations involving Oil PSUs' pertaining to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Union Minister of State and BJP leader Sanjay Seth will move the motion, seeking the election of a member to the Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps (NCC).
The motion will be moved in pursuance of clause (i) of sub-section (1) of Section 12, read with sub-section (1A) of Section 12 of the National Cadet Corps Act, 1948.
Meanwhile, the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning on Monday is set to witness the Centre and the Opposition locking horns on several issues.
The session, scheduled to stretch till August 13, will also mark the parliamentary debut of the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), formed by 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs who merged their faction and aligned with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
— ANI
Reader Comments
Glad to see women representation in these committees! Sagarika Ghose is a respected journalist and author—her insights on legal reforms will be valuable. But I hope the Parliament actually debates the bill in detail instead of rushing it through. The NCPI debut also adds an interesting twist—rebel TMC MPs now with NDA. Politics is a game of shifting sands!
As an outsider watching Indian politics, it's fascinating how parliamentary committees work here. But the real drama will be in the Monsoon Session—Centre vs Opposition on multiple issues. The mention of Oil PSU litigations is also crucial—these cases have been dragging for years and cost taxpayers heavily. Hope there's some accountability.
Another day, another shuffle in parliamentary committees. Honestly, the common citizen doesn't feel the impact of these appointments. What matters is whether the bills actually improve our lives. The NCC committee election is good for youth development, but the real focus should be on price rise, unemployment, and farmers' issues. Hope the opposition raises these in the session.
Respectfully, this seems like procedural housekeeping—filling vacancies in committees. The real news is the NCPI's parliamentary debut—20 rebel TMC MPs forming a new party and aligning with NDA. That's a major shift in West Bengal politics! Mamata Banerjee must be preparing her counter-strategy. The monsoon session will be a battlefield for sure. 🔥
Bhim Singh is a seasoned politician from JKPDP—brings a different regional perspective. But I'm skeptical about how much independence these
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