House committees reconstituted: BJP retains key panels; Cong’s Sharma keeps Home,Tharoor IT panel head

Despite pressure from some BJP members to replace him, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will continue as chairman of the Parliamentary panel on Information Technology, as the committees were reconstituted more than three weeks after their tenure ended.

Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi was appointed chairman of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice. All other existing chairpersons were retained.

The BJP continues to chair the key committees, except Home Affairs, which will continue to be headed by Congress leader Anand Sharma.