Defence Consultative Committee

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief the members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence on various aspects of the Agnipath recruitment scheme, the ministry said on Thursday.

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was removed from the consultative committee of the defence ministry on Thursday, a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot in parliament. A repeat offender, Pragya Thakur has done it before but this time, the outrageous comments were made in Lok Sabha.

Madhya Pradesh Minister Govind Singh on Thursday took potshots at BJP MP Pragya Thakur over her appointment to the parliamentary consultative committee on defence, wondering if the controversial politician has been named to the key panel to "finish off Pakistan completely".

Slamming the government over the appointment of controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur to a consultative committee on defence, the Congress todaysaid Prime Minister Narendra Modi "not forgiving" her for the "Nathuram Godse patriot" remark was "only for the elections".

Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after being accused of having "tremendous potential to create public disorder", former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was included in a 21-member consultative committee on defence.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been nominated to a 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence that will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Suresh Kalmadi, who cited dementia while asking for bail last year, attended a meeting of Parliament's Defence Consultative Committee. The 30-member committee is headed by Defence Minister AK Antony ; it has MPs from different parties from the Lok Sabha and Rajya SAbha. Their job is to supervise the long-term plans of the Defence Ministry.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief the members of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence on various aspects of the Agnipath recruitment scheme, the ministry said on Thursday.

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur was removed from the consultative committee of the defence ministry on Thursday, a day after she described Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot in parliament. A repeat offender, Pragya Thakur has done it before but this time, the outrageous comments were made in Lok Sabha.

Madhya Pradesh Minister Govind Singh on Thursday took potshots at BJP MP Pragya Thakur over her appointment to the parliamentary consultative committee on defence, wondering if the controversial politician has been named to the key panel to "finish off Pakistan completely".

Slamming the government over the appointment of controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur to a consultative committee on defence, the Congress todaysaid Prime Minister Narendra Modi "not forgiving" her for the "Nathuram Godse patriot" remark was "only for the elections".

Detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after being accused of having "tremendous potential to create public disorder", former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was included in a 21-member consultative committee on defence.

BJP MP Pragya Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, has been nominated to a 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence that will be headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Suresh Kalmadi, who cited dementia while asking for bail last year, attended a meeting of Parliament's Defence Consultative Committee. The 30-member committee is headed by Defence Minister AK Antony ; it has MPs from different parties from the Lok Sabha and Rajya SAbha. Their job is to supervise the long-term plans of the Defence Ministry.