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Trinamool Congress Loses Key Parliamentary Panel Chairpersonships
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CNBC TV18•03-10-2026, 16:31
Trinamool Congress Loses Key Parliamentary Panel Chairpersonships
- •The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has lost the chairpersonship of two significant Parliamentary panels following reconstitution by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
- •BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi replaced TMC's Dola Sen as chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce.
- •Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, from a rebel TMC faction, took over from Kirti Azad as chairperson of the panel on chemicals and fertilisers.
- •DMK MPs Tiruchi Siva and K Kanimozhi were re-appointed to lead the industry and food, consumer affairs, and public distribution committees, respectively.
- •Several other leaders from BJP allies and opposition parties, including Shashi Tharoor and Charanjit Singh Channi of the Congress, retained their chairperson roles in various committees.
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The Trinamool Congress lost the chairpersonship of two key parliamentary panels: the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce and the panel on chemicals and fertilisers, following the reconstitution of committees by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi was appointed as the new chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce, replacing TMC's Dola Sen.
Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a leader of the TMC's rebel faction, replaced her former party colleague Kirti Azad as the chairperson of the panel on chemicals and fertilisers.
