Chandigarh, July 12 -- The administration on Friday constituted 10 Standing Committees under the Administrator's Advisory Council, with seven of them chaired by leaders associated with the BJP.

According to the official order issued by the UT home department, key appointments include BJP state president JP Malhotra, senior leaders Sanjay Tandon, Satya Pal Jain, Satnam Sandhu, Gian Chand Gupta, mayor Anup Gupta, and former mayor Subhash Chawla.

Among others, Congress MP Manish Tewari and AAP's Vijaypal Singh have also been appointed as committee chairpersons. However, former BJP state president Arun Sood has not been included this time. Each committee has been assigned specific thematic responsibilities with designated chairpersons, memb...