New Delhi, May 23 -- BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha has been appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of the Rajya Sabha.

Upon reconstitution of the committee, Harsh Mahajan, Gulam Ali, Shambhu Sharan Patel, Mayankkumar Nayak, Masthan Rao Yadav Beedha, Jebi Mather Hisham, Subhasish Khuntia, Rwngwra Narzary, and Sandosh Kumar P were appointed as its members.

The committee was reconstituted with effect from May 20.

According to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Committee on Petitions is one of the oldest committees of Parliament and dates back to the Legislative Assembly of the colonial period. It originated from a resolution moved by a member in the then Council of State on September 15, 1921.

Till 1964, petitions could...