NEW DELHI: Prabhat Jha of BJP is the new Chairman of the Ethics Committee of Rajya Sabha, replacing Narayan Lal Panchariya of BJP.
The Ethics Committee looks into conduct-related complaints against the members of the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat said in a statement here.
Prasanna Acharya of BJD has been nominated as the Chairman of the Committee on Petitions, in place of Prabhat Jha of BJP.
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has reconstituted eight House Committees, effecting changes in the chairmanship of the Committees on Ethics and Petitions, besides replacing several members of various Committees. (AGENCIES)