New Delhi: Opposition MPs have written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla regarding the functioning of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). Opposition MPs have expressed displeasure over JPC’s state visits. Opposition MPs say that despite assuring them that their grievances will be addressed, JPC chairperson Jagdambika Pal continues to tour the state. Opposition MPs have boycotted the tour of five states. he/she says that the quorum is not complete in the meetings being held under the leadership of Pal.
Jagdambika Pal’s reply has arrived
Jagdambika Pal has denied these allegations. he/she says that study tours of parliamentary committees are an informal process. There is no restriction of formalities like quorum on these tours. According to sources, in a letter written to Birla on November 9, some opposition MPs said that after the meeting held on November 5, they were hopeful that the JPC visit would be postponed under Pal’s leadership. he/she says that there was no immediate need to submit the committee report.Who are those who wrote the letter?
Sources said that those who have written letters to the Speaker include DMK’s A Raja, Congress’s Mohammad Javed and TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee. According to sources, the MPs have said that they were very surprised when they found that the tour, which was scheduled to begin on November 9, was not postponed by the JPC. he/she thought it appropriate to boycott it. The committee chairman told news agency PTI on Sunday that he/she was confident that the deadline for submitting the committee’s report would be met by the last day of the first week of the winter session of Parliament.
Jagdambika Pal’s reply has arrived
Jagdambika Pal has denied these allegations. he/she says that study tours of parliamentary committees are an informal process. There is no restriction of formalities like quorum on these tours. According to sources, in a letter written to Birla on November 9, some opposition MPs said that after the meeting held on November 5, they were hopeful that the JPC visit would be postponed under Pal’s leadership. he/she says that there was no immediate need to submit the committee report.Who are those who wrote the letter?
Sources said that those who have written letters to the Speaker include DMK’s A Raja, Congress’s Mohammad Javed and TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee. According to sources, the MPs have said that they were very surprised when they found that the tour, which was scheduled to begin on November 9, was not postponed by the JPC. he/she thought it appropriate to boycott it. The committee chairman told news agency PTI on Sunday that he/she was confident that the deadline for submitting the committee’s report would be met by the last day of the first week of the winter session of Parliament.
