RJD lays criteria for Bihar house committees to appoint MLAs, logjam continues.

Key points:

1.  The establishment of different committees has taken a new twist with its opposition leader.
2. The Assembly has a total of 22 legislative committees.
3. The RJD demands that the names of the committees be submitted so that it is possible to submit suggestions from party MLAs to committees.

In the newly formed Bihar Assembly, the establishment of different committees has taken a new twist with its opposition leader, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, asking the Speaker to disclose the details of committees in which RJD leaders would be included either made chairman before his party proposes the lists of MLAs for the positions.

The move has taken after the speaker sent a reminder: 

The step comes the day after Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha sent Yadav a reminder asking him to suggest the names of party MLAs for different house committees that have not yet been formed.

The Assembly has a total of 22 legislative committees, which, based on their representation in the lower house, are proportionally represented by both the governing and opposition parties.

The letter contains: 

In a letter to the Speaker, Tejashwi claimed that it was a priority for parties to be told by the Secretariat of the Assembly regarding house committees and subsequently proposed that the lists of party MLAs be based on the seniority, legislative experience including the geographical position of their constituencies for wider as well as appropriate representation.

RJD chief in the letter:

There was a telephone conversation between my office and the) Speaker’s office about submitting the names of committees where the representatives of the party would have been given the presidency. 

But the names of the committees have not yet been sent to us so far,’ said the RJD chief in a letter released by the party to the press.

As Yadav Scion stated: 

The RJD demands that the names of the committees be submitted so that it is possible to submit suggestions from party MLAs to committees such as members and heads,” the Yadav Scion said.”

Political observers said that the RJD’s decision to put conditions before submitting names for the creation of different committees implies that, as has been the custom, it might not be in any condition to enable the panels to be set up by consensus.

The RJD could revert to political pressure to assure that senior leaders of the party are chaired by key legislative committees, they added.