Here is the list of Members of Parliament who have been nominated to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence.
Members from Lok Sabha
Shri Satpal Maharaj,
Shri Khatgaonkar Patil Bhaskarrao Bapurao,
Shri Harish Choudhary,
Shri H.D. Devegowda,
Shri Feroze Varun Gandhi,
Shri Sucharu Ranjan Haldar,
Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi,
Shri Kapil Muni
Shri KamalKishor,
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal,
Shri Asaduddin Owaisi,
Dr. (Prof.) Prasanna Kumar Patasani,
Shri A.T. Nana Patil,
Shri Amarnath Pradhan,
Shri Mekapati Rajamohan
Shri Baju Ban Riyan,
Rajkumari Ratna Singh,
Shri Ijyaraj Singh,
Shri Kalyan Singh,
Shri Mahabali Singh,
Members from Rajya Sabha
Shri Munquad Ali,
Smt. Shobhana Bhartia,
Shri R.K. Dhawan,
Shri Prakash Javadekar,
Prof. P.J. Kurien,
Shri Mukut Mithi,
Shri T.K. Rangarajan,
Shri Sanjay Raut,
Shri M.V. Mysura Reddy,
Shri K.B. Shanappa,
It is quite an eclectic list but there seems to be only one qualification to make the cut: lack of any background, expertise or interest in matters pertaining to defence, national security and strategic affairs.
Let it also be known that the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Satpal Maharaj is a spiritual figure, who heads a religious cult, the Manav Utthan Seva Samiti.
Headed by such a divine figure and composed exclusively of people devoid of any expertise in defence, the effectiveness of legislative oversight provided by this committee to the defence ministry and the defence services is a foregone conclusion. Who cares?
Life is a zoo in a jungle. ~Peter de Vries
