Tewari quits sub-panel over 'anomalies' in picks

Just two days after the UT administration constituted 10 standing committees under the Administrator's Advisory Council, Congress member of Parliament Manish Tewari on Sunday stepped down as the chairperson of art, culture, tourism and heritage preservation subcommittee.

- HT Correspondent

While highlighting anomalies in the appointments, he requested Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria to appoint local Congress president Harmohinder Singh Lucky as the chairperson instead.

In a letter to Kataria, Tewari also pointed out how seven out of the 10 chairpersons of the various subcommittees belonged to “one political dispensation” only. Tewari wrote, “I had the occasion to peruse the list of chairpersons and members of the subcommittees constituted from among the members of the Administrator's Advisory Council appointed by you. I was rather surprised to note that while the Chandigarh presidents of other political parties have been appointed as chairpersons of one subcommittee or the other, the president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) HS Lucky has only been made a member of the art, culture, tourism and heritage preservation subcommittee. This is a serious anomaly.”