Chidambaram In Parliamentary Standing Committee On Home As Dhankhar Re-Constitutes 8 Panels

Senior Congress Rajya Sabha member of Parliament (MP) P Chidambaram has been appointed as a member of the 8th Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs (SCOHA) by Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. The former Union minister will replace Congress leader P Bhattacharya, whose Rajya Sabha term ended on August 18. The Rajya Sabha chairman has also appointed Congress MP Jairam Ramesh as the chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

P Chidambaram. (File Photo/PTI)

“The Chairman, Rajya Sabha, has in consultation with the Speaker, Lok Sabha, re-constituted the eight Department–related Parliamentary Standing Committees, coming under the administrative jurisdiction of the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, w.e.f. September 13, 2023.” a Rajya Sabha notification said.

SCOHA is a department related standing committee (DRSC) of selected members of Parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India, for the purpose of legislative oversight of the domestic policy, internal security and decision making of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The committee is currently headed by Brijlal, a member of the Rajya Sabha and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It currently consists of 31 other members from various political parties of both the Houses of Parliament.