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JPC to probe cola controversy set up
Mumbai, Aug 22: A 15-member Joint Parliamentary Committee was set up on Thursday to probe the reported high percentage of pesticide residues in Coca-Cola, Pepsi and ten other soft drink brands.
Mumbai, Aug 22: A 15-member Joint Parliamentary Committee was set up on Thursday to probe the reported high percentage of pesticide residues in Coca-Cola, Pepsi and ten other soft drink brands.
A motion seeking constitution of a JPC to investigate the matter, moved by Health and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, was adopted by Lok Sabha by voice vote.
Of the 15 members, ten will be from Lok Sabha and five from Rajya Sabha, she said.
The members nominated to the committee from Lok Sabha are: Sharad Pawar (NCP), Ananth Kumar and Sudha Yadav (BJP), Rajesh Chennithala and Avtar singh Bhadana (Congress), K Yerranaidu (TDP), E Ahmed (ML), Ranjit Kumar Panja (Trinamool Congress), Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Anil Basu (CPI-M).
The members from Rajya Sabha to the Committee are: Prithviraj Chauhan (Congress), Sanjay Nirupam (Shiv Sena), Prasanta Chatterjee (CPI-M), S S Ahluwalia (BJP) and Prem Chand Gupta (RJD).
On Thursday, while clearing Coca-Cola and Pepsi of the charge of peddling soft drinks with dangerously high content of pesticides, health minister Sushma Swaraj had given in to the Opposition demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into “the issue”.
The minister, flustered by the Opposition charge of “white-washing the sins” of the cola companies, said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the government was prepared to institute a JPC probe.
Bureau Report
A motion seeking constitution of a JPC to investigate the matter, moved by Health and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, was adopted by Lok Sabha by voice vote.
Of the 15 members, ten will be from Lok Sabha and five from Rajya Sabha, she said.
The members nominated to the committee from Lok Sabha are: Sharad Pawar (NCP), Ananth Kumar and Sudha Yadav (BJP), Rajesh Chennithala and Avtar singh Bhadana (Congress), K Yerranaidu (TDP), E Ahmed (ML), Ranjit Kumar Panja (Trinamool Congress), Akhilesh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) and Anil Basu (CPI-M).
The members from Rajya Sabha to the Committee are: Prithviraj Chauhan (Congress), Sanjay Nirupam (Shiv Sena), Prasanta Chatterjee (CPI-M), S S Ahluwalia (BJP) and Prem Chand Gupta (RJD).
On Thursday, while clearing Coca-Cola and Pepsi of the charge of peddling soft drinks with dangerously high content of pesticides, health minister Sushma Swaraj had given in to the Opposition demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into “the issue”.
The minister, flustered by the Opposition charge of “white-washing the sins” of the cola companies, said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that the government was prepared to institute a JPC probe.
Bureau Report