Rebel Trinamool MLA Kanaia Lal Agarwal appointed Public Accounts Committee chairman in WB Assembly
Rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Kanaia Lal Agarwal has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the West Bengal Assembly. The appointment follows a shift in political alliances within the state legislature.
Why it matters
The PAC is a critical financial oversight body, and its leadership often reflects the shifting power dynamics and political tensions between ruling and opposition parties in India.
Trinamool Congress MLA from the rebel camp, Kanaia Lal Agarwal, was appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday (August 4, 2026).
Mr. Agarwal is part of the Ritabrata Banerjee camp of Trinamool. He won the 2026 Assembly elections from the Uttar Dinajpur constituency seat with a Trinamool ticket.
After the appointment was announced, Mr. Banerjee who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, said that the Opposition has secured the chairman position for 10 standing committees. “For PAC, Kanaia Lal Agarwal is the chairman; other than that, Firhad Hakim, Biplab Mitra, Mohammad Gulab Rabbani, Samar Mukherjee and Ashok Deb are also part of the PAC,” Mr. Banerjee said.
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