Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla has appointed Chittorgarh Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from BJP, Chandra Prakash Joshi as the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022.
Joshi is a member of parliament from Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. He is also the state President of the Bharatiya Janata Party youth wing (BJYM). Currently, he is a State Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan.
Readers would recall that the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022 has been referred to the Joint Committee of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The names of members from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were announced earlier and on Tuesday, the Speaker of Lok Sabha announced the name of C P Joshi as the Chairman of the Panel. The committee consists of 21 members from Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha.
It was done after Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah moved the resolution to amend the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 20202, to be referred to a joint committee of the houses. As soon as his name was announced, the social media was flooded with congratulatory messages.
Now the final list is ready. The Lok Sabha members include, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Jagdambika Pal, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas, i Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Smt. Sunita Duggal, Brijendra Singh, Smt. Jaskaur Meen, Ram Kripal Yadav, Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen, Suresh Kodikunnil, Manish Tewari, Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Kalyan Banerjee, Krishnadevaraya Lavu, Hemant Shriram Patil, Dulal Chandra Goswami, Chandra Sekhar Sahu and Girish Chandra.
The Committee shall make a report to this House by the last day of the first week of the second part of the Budget Session, 2023. In other respects, the Rules of Procedure of this House relating to the Parliamentary Committee shall apply to such variations and modifications as the Speaker may make”.
It bears recalling that when the bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 7th December 2022, several opposition party leaders opposed the bill and called it anti-cooperative.