Simultaneous Polls
Govt to move motion to refer 'one nation one election' bill to JPC
This story was originally published at 07:16 IST on 19 December 2024
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NEW DELHI – Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will move a motion on Thursday to refer the 'one nation one election' bill to a joint parliamentary committee, consisting of members from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, for wider consultations.
According to the Lok Sabha agenda, Meghwal will move a motion to refer the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to a joint committee of the Houses consisting of 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 members from the Rajya Sabha. The committee will have to submit its report to the Lok Sabha by the first day of the last week of the upcoming Budget session.
The members from the Lok Sabha will be P.P. Chaudhary, C.M. Ramesh, Bansuri Swaraj, Parshottambhai Rupala, Anurag Singh Thakur, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sambit Patra, Anil Baluni, Vishnu Datt Sharma, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Manish Tewari, Sukhdeo Bhagat, Dharmendra Yadav, Kalyan Banerjee, T.M. Selvaganapathi, G.M. Harish Balayogi, Supriya Sule, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Chandan Chauhan and Balashowry Vallabhanen. Of these, 10 are from the Bharatiya Janata Party, three from the Congress, and one each from Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar), Shiv Sena, Telugu Desam Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal, and Janasena Party. Of the 21 members from the Lok Sabha, 14 belong to the BJP and its allies, and seven belong to opposition parties.
The 'one nation one election' bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amidst strong objections from the opposition parties. The Constitution amendment bill proposes to insert a new Article 82A for holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and all legislative Assemblies. It also proposes to amend Article 83 (duration of Houses of Parliament), Article 172 (duration of state legislatures) and Article 327 (power of Parliament to make provision with respect to elections to legislatures).
The bill provides that, after its enactment, a notification is to be issued by the president on the date of the first sitting of the Lok Sabha after a General Election, and that date of the notification will be called the appointed date.
"The tenure of the House of the People shall be five years from that appointed date. The tenure of all Assemblies, constituted by elections to the Legislative Assemblies after the appointed date and before the expiry of the full term of the House of the People, shall come to an end at the expiry of the full term of the House of the People," the Statement of Objects and Reasons reads.
Following this, elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will be held together. In case of dissolution of the Lok Sabha or an Assembly prior to the completion of the full term, elections will be held for the unexpired term. The unexpired term refers to the period between the date of dissolution of the Lok Sabha or state Assembly and five years from the date of first meeting.
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Reported by Kuldeep Singh
Edited by Namrata Rao
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