TMC writes to RS chairman, LS Speaker requesting parliamentary panel meetings be held virtually
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This is the TMC’s third letter on the difficulty including that the primary letter was written in July 2020 and the second letter in August 2020.
The Trinamool Congress has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging them to let parliamentary committee meetings be held virtually to allow them to handle problems with public curiosity amidst the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
This is the TMC’s third letter on the difficulty, the get together stated, including that the primary letter was written in July 2020 and the second letter in August 2020.
“India has reported more than 3 lakh new COVID-19 cases per day for the past two weeks. In light of the prevailing circumstances, I urge your good offices to reconsider our request for conducting virtual meetings of parliamentary committees, including departmentally related standing committees, consultative committees and select committees,” the letter from RS MP and the get together’s nationwide spokesperson Derek O’Brien stated.
He additionally stated that the get together had obtained a letter from the chairman’s workplace dated August 27, which said that it was “decided in a meeting that the matter regarding holding of virtual meetings of the Parliamentary Committees vis-à-vis existing provisions on confidentiality of the proceedings of the Committees, may be referred to the Committees on Rules in both the Houses”.
“I further request you to share any findings/decisions that the Committees on Rules of both the Houses may have reached. I urge you again to allow the Parliamentary Committees to function virtually so that issues of public importance can be taken up timely and discussed, especially in light of the serious circumstances in the country,” Mr. O’Brien stated.
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