10-member special committee formed to address energy situation

The Jatiya Sangsad today formed a 10-member special committee with 30-day tenure to submit a report including recommendations for addressing the country’s energy situation arising out of the Middle East condition.

The committee, headed by Power and Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood (as the chairman), 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.

The joint committee was constituted, with five members each from the treasury bench and the opposition.

The five members from the treasury bench are Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood, State Minister Aninda Islam Amit, and BNP MPs ABM Ashraf Uddin Nijan (Laxmipur-4), Moinul Islam Khan (Manikganj-2) and Miah Nuruddin Ahmad Apu (Shariatpur-3). The five members from the opposition bench Jamaat lawmakers Md Saiful Alam (Dhaka-12), Md Nurul Islam (Chapainawabganj-3) and Md Abdul Baten (Dhaka-16), Md Abul Hasnat (Cumilla-4), NCP and Khilafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5).

On April 23, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed in Parliament the formation of a 10-member joint committee, seeking five names from the opposition to work together on ‘rational solutions’ to the country’s ongoing energy situation.