According to an order, Ajay Mahawar will head the Committee on Public Accounts, Gajender Drall has been named the Chairperson of the Committee on Government Undertakings, and Harish Khurana will lead the Committee on Estimates.
Members of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Lok Sabha visited the Kherki Daula Toll Plaza in Gurugram on Thursday to examine its functioning and also visited some works of NHAI.
Speaking to ANI, BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay said, "The kind of gross irregularities that were done in the liquor policy, people's hard-earned money was wasted... These are all subjects on which CAG has given a long report... This entire subject will go to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)..."
Meanwhile, Vijender Gupta, the Speaker of the Delhi Legislative Assembly, decided to send the CAG report on the Excise Policy to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and demanded a final report within three months.
Gupta said that the CAG's 'Performance Audit Report on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi' has brought out grave irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy in Delhi by the Aam Aadmi Government.
Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav and senior leader Sandeep Dikshit said that the CAG report should be investigated by the Public Accounts Committee. So, PAC should be formed as soon as possible, and those involved in the loot should be punished.
While presiding over a meeting of the committee, PAC Chairman Asghar Tareen said that the University of Balochistan needs special attention and stressed that there is a need to understand and address its challenges.
The process to elect members for the Financial Committees of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly commenced on Friday. The process was held in the Assembly Committee Hall.
Launching a fresh attack over Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch for not appearing before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi questioned why Buch was reluctant to appear before the PAC.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch is likely to be scheduled to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee in the national capital on Thursday, sources said.