NEW DELHI: The meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on information technology had to be called off on Wednesday as only eight of 30 members showed up. Panel chairman Shashi Tharoor called off the discussion owing to lack of quorum. Those present included six BJP MPs and two from Congress — Tharoor and Rajya Sabha MP Nasir Hussain. The panel was scheduled to hear depositions from the ministry of electronics and information technology and review the functioning of the Unique Identity Authority of India.
It remains unclear when the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting will be taken up next. The panel will now meet on December 15, where it will hear from Facebook representatives on the subject of ‘safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms.