New Delhi, March 3 Former Law Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad was nominated as the chairperson of the Lok Sabha's Privileges Committee on Tuesday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has also named 14 other MPs as members of the panel, according to a notification.
This is the first time that the Privileges Committee has been formed in the 18th Lok Sabha, which was constituted in 2024.
The other members of the committee include Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP), Tariq Anwar, Manickam Tagore, Manish Tewari (all Congress), T R Baalu (DMK), Kalyan Banerjee (TMC), Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena), Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jagdambika Pal, Trivendra Singh Rawat, Jagadish Shettar (all BJP), Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena-UBT) and Dharmendra Yadav (SP).
However, Manickam Tagore said that he could not attend the Committee meeting as he was suspended.
"I am suspended. I cannot attend the Committee meeting," Tagore said on X.
Tagore and seven other opposition members were suspended for the entire Budget session last month for unruly behaviour. The second phase of the session will begin on March 9 and conclude on April 2.
The role of the committee is to examine every question involving a breach of privilege of the House or of the members of any committee referred to it by the House or by the Speaker.
It determines, based on the facts of each case, whether a breach of privilege is involved and makes suitable recommendations in its report.
