NEW DELHI, SEP 16 (PTI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday nominated two Rajya Sabha members as “special invitees” to the joint parliamentary committee examining the contentious Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026.
A Lok Sabha bulletin said Javed Ali Khan and James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma have been nominated as special invitees to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the bill.
The 31-member JPC was constituted earlier this month after Parliament referred the bill to it for detailed examination. The panel comprises 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha—14 members of BJP and five of Congress. It also has two members each from JD(U), TMC and DMK, and one member each from SP, IUML, Shiv Sena, NCP (SP), NCP and TDP.
The bill was referred to the JPC amid opposition demands for its withdrawal.
Thursday, September 17, 2026