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AL old guard to head JS bodies

15 standing committees formed

Staff Correspondent
Parliament yesterday formed 15 standing committees headed by the ruling alliance bigwigs who could not gain a berth in the council ofministers.
On approval of Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina. ChiefWhip Abdus Shahid proposed the names of lawmakers as chairs and members of the committees on 15 ministries.
The House passed the proposal unanimously.
According to Jatiya Sangsad's rules of procedure, the standing committees will scrutinise draft bills and oversee activities of the ministries to ensure the executive's accountability to the legislature.
Of the senior AL leaders picked as chairmen, former commerce minister Abdul Jail will lead the committee on commerce ministry, former industries ministerTofail Ahmed on industries, / former water resource minister Abdur Razzak on water resources, former health minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim on health and AL advisory council member Rahmat Ali will front the committee on LG RD and cooperative ministry'.
Around a week back, AL presidium members Suranjit Sengupta and Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir were made chairmen of the standing committees on law, justice and parliamentary affairs and public undertakings.
Interestingly, almost all ministers concerned are junior to the committee chiefs in terms of their positions in the party. Of the others approved by the House as chairmen yesterday AL Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader will be at the helm of the standing committee on Information ministry, former home minister Major (retd) Rafiqul Islam on Liberation War affairs, Major General (retd) Abdus Salam on home affairs, Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali on foreign affairs and Khandaker Asaduzzaman on the establishmentministry.
Jatiya Party (JP) acting chair-mein Anisul Islam Mahmud was chosen as chief of the committee on expatriate welfare and oversees employment and his party colleague Mojibur Rahman on religion affairs ministry.
Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon was made chairman of the committee on education ministry and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu on post and telecommunications ministry.
Two chairmanships have been kept aside for the BNP-led opposition lawmakers and those to be elected to the reserved seats for women in parliament.
BNP has yet to send names of their MPs as committee members and chair.
The House yesterday also reconstituted the estimate committee of the Jatiya Sangsad. Planning Minister AK Khandker, who had earlier been included as a member in breach of the rules of procedure, was dropped off the committee.
Earlier on February 11, the House constituted five standing committees-two on ministries and three on its internal affairs.