Jairam Ramesh bows out as chair of Parliamentary panel on environment, reminds incoming chair of 2019 switch to BJP

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has stepped down as chairperson of the Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change. He will be succeeded by Bhubaneswar Kalita of the BJP, who was previously a Congress member. Ramesh remains a member of the committee.