Jaya Bachchan opts out of Parliament panel on IT; becomes member of Committee on Labour

Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan has opted out of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology chaired by BJP member Nishikant Dubey.

Bachchan will now be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development chaired by former Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai, according to a bulletin issued by the Rajya Sabha secretariat.

Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale, who was a member of the Standing Committee on Labour, has taken the place of Bachchan in the parliamentary panel on Communications and Information Technology.

Rajya Sabha members A A Rahim (CPI-M) and R Girirajan, who were members of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Shashi Tharoor, have become members of the parliamentary panel on Housing and Urban Affairs.