On Friday, PP Chaudhary, a Member of Parliament from the BJP, was chosen to lead the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The committee will now have 27 members from the Lok Sabha (the lower house) and 12 from the Rajya Sabha (the upper house).
The idea of ‘One Nation, One Election’ is facing a lot of pushback from opposition parties. They are worried that this plan could give too much power to the ruling party, making it hard for smaller regional parties to have a say.
Two important Bills have been introduced: The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024. These Bills aim to change the Constitution so that elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies can happen at the same time across India. The Cabinet approved these Bills last week.
During the discussion, opposition members were very vocal against the proposal, which led to a vote in the House. In the end, 269 members voted in favor of the Bills’ introduction, while 196 voted against it.
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