O'Brien protests AITC's exclusion from Rajya Sabha panel chairmanships

New Delhi, Oct 3 (UNI) All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien has protested the party's exclusion from the chairpersonship of any of the eight Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees under the Upper House for 2026-27, arguing that the decision raises wider questions about the functioning of Parliament and its scrutiny mechanisms. In a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan dated October 3, O'Brien referred to Parliamentary Bulletin II No. 66795 announcing the reconstitution of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees for 2026-27. He pointed out that the AITC had held the chairpersonship of…