File photo of Kirit Somaiya.
BJP's Kirit Somaiya today became a member of Parliament's Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debt Law and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill in place of another party member PP Chaudhary, who resigned following his appointment as a Union minister.
The Lok Sabha passed this motion with a voice vote. The House also asked Rajya Sabha to name replacements for Praful Patel, Satish Mishra and KC Tyagi, who had recently retired.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan also announced the resignation of three members -- Sarbananda Sonowal (BJP), Mehbooba Mufti (PDP) and Suvendu Adhikari (Trinamool Congress).
Mr Sonowal and Ms Mufti are now chief ministers of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir respectively and resigned following their election to their state assemblies. Mr Adhikari too was elected as a legislator from West Bengal and made a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government.
Their resignation has been accepted, she informed the House.