10-member spl panel to address energy situation

Parliament on Sunday formed a 10-member special joint committee to address the current energy situation stemming from the Middle East crisis. The joint committee was constituted with five members each from the treasury bench and the opposition bench. 

Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku made the chairman of the committee that asked to submits its report in 30 working days, the committee was formed under the rule 266 of the rules of procedure after Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni placed a proposal for the formation of the body in the House. 

On April 23, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed the joint member committee in Parliament and seeking five names from the opposition to work together on 'rational solutions' to the country's ongoing energy problem. 

The five members from the treasury bench are - Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku, State Minister Anindya Islam Amit, and BNP MPs ABM Ashraf Uddin Nizan (Laxmipur-4), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-2) and Miah Nuruddin Ahmad Apu (Shariatpur-3). 

 The five members from the opposition bench are - Jamaat lawmakers Md Saiful Alam (Dhaka-12), Md Nurul Islam (Chapainawabganj-3) and Md Abdul Baten (Dhaka-16), NCP MP Md Abul Hasnat (Cumilla-4) and Khilafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5).