Key Points
While former minister and senior BJP MLA Jitu Vaghani has been appointed as the chairman of PAC, senior BJP legislators Manisha Vakil, Ganpat Vasava and Pankaj Desai have been appointed as the chairpersons of COE, CPU and PRC, respectively...
Notably, in a departure from tradition, the chairmanship of PAC has been given to a member of the ruling BJP..
Before this, for around 55 years, the Assembly followed a tradition of giving the chairmanship of PAC to a member of the Opposition party...
An official of the Assembly secretariat said, There is no rule that a member of the Opposition party must be given the chairmanship of PAC..
Apart from appointing members and chairpersons of the four financial committees, the Speaker also appointed MLAs to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gujarat State Tribal Development Advisory Council, Gujarat State Panchayat Council, Gujarat State Cooperative Council and senates and courts of various universities..
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