The 30-member Joint Committee that will look into the controversial land Acquisition Bill will have 10 MPs from the Upper House. Rajya Sabha on Wednesday named the 10 members, including Digvijaya Singh (Congress) and Derek O’Brien (TMC). The Joint Committee of lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will submit its report on the first day of Monsoon Session on the Bill already passed in the lower House.
The other Rajya Sabha members in the committee are Ram Narain Dudi (BJP), Jairam Ramesh (Congress), Pl Punia (Congress), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), Sharad Yadav (JD(U)), Sharad Pawar (NCP) and Rajpal Singh Saini (BSP).
The members of the lok Sabha in panel are KV Thomas, Rajiv Satav (both Congress), Anand Rao Adsul (Shiv Sena), Kalyan Banerjee (TMC), B Mahtab (BJD), Mohammad Salim (CPM), Chirag Paswan (lJP) and SS Ahluwalia, Udit Raj, Anurag Thakur and Ganesh Singh (BJP).
The Government had agreed to refer the Bill to the Joint Committee on Tuesday after NDA allies Shiv Sena and Akali Dal joined the Opposition in lok Sabha to oppose it.