West Bengal: Congress MLA Manas Bhunia accepts PAC chairman’s post

DEFYING PLEAS from his party, Congress MLA Manas Bhunia on Friday accepted from the Speaker his letter of appointment as the chairman of the state Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).This comes a day ahead of a meeting called by the state Congress of its legislators and leaders. “Today, I met the Speaker and accepted the letter of appointment as PAC chairman,” Bhunia told

mediapersons after accepting his appointment letter from the Speaker. Bhunia was on Monday appointed PAC chairman amid opposition by his own party, which wanted to offer the post to Sujan Chakrabarty. His name was announced as the PAC chairman by Speaker Biman Banerjee, who later told mediapersons that he had followed the convention by offering the post to the main Opposition.