Overview
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said he is working to ensure representation of all parties on the Joint Parliamentary Committee and that it will be constituted soon.
- PTI reporting indicates BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi is the probable chair of the 31-member panel, which is expected to be dominated by the ruling NDA.
- Congress and the Trinamool Congress have announced they will not participate, while NCP–SP has agreed to join and YSRCP is expected to take part; BJD and BRS are seen as unlikely to join.
- From outside the ruling alliance, Supriya Sule, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Asaduddin Owaisi and nominated member Sudha Murthy are expected to be on the committee.
- The 130th Constitution Amendment Bill would remove the prime minister, chief ministers and ministers detained for 30 consecutive days on specified serious charges, a proposal criticized by opposition leaders as undermining presumption of innocence and defended by the government citing the Kejriwal case.