Cabinet approves 'One Nation, One Election' bill, says source
This story was originally published at 16:23 IST on 12 December 2024
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--Source: Govt may table One Nation, One Election bill in Parliament next wk
NEW DELHI – The Union Cabinet Thursday approved the 'One Nation, One Election' bill, a government source said. The government will seek to introduce the bill in Parliament by next week, the source further said.
In September, the Cabinet had approved the report submitted by a high-powered committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind, recommending the holding of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, and local bodies across the country.
The proposal has met with strong opposition across the political spectrum, with the Congress rejecting the idea outright and asserting that the proposal goes against the guarantees of federalism contained in the Constitution. "There is no place for the concept of simultaneous elections in a country that has adopted a parliamentary system of government," Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had said in a letter to the Kovind Committee Secretary Niten Chandra.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had also written to Chandra saying she was opposed to the idea.
Besides Kovind, the committee included Home Minister Amit Shah, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, 15th Finance Commission Chairman N.K. Singh, former Lok Sabha secretary general Subhash C. Kashyap, and former chief vigilance commissioner Sanjay Kothari. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal was a special invitee and former law secretary Niten Chandra was the secretary. End
Reported by Shahid K. Abbas
Edited by Rajeev Pai
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