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Odisha MP Appointed RS Petitions Committee Chairman

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu reconstituted eight House committees on Thursday.

RJD MP Manoj Jha replaced Narayan Lal Panchariya of the BJP as chairman of the Ethics Committee.

Prasanna Acharya of the BJD has been appointed as chairman of the Petitions Committee in place of BJP’s Prabhat Jha. He has also been named as a Member of the Ethics Committee.

Similarly, Dr. Amar Patnaik has been appointed as Member, Subordinate Legislation Committee in Rajya Sabha.

On the other hand, BJD MP Sasmit Patra has been appointed to Parliamentary Standing Committee of Privileges under the Chairmanship of Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha. He is currently the Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD and Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Office of Profit.

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