One Nation, One Election: The Lok Sabha Secretariat introduced on Thursday that senior Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) chief and Member of Parliament PP Chaudhary has been appointed because the chairperson of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) tasked with inspecting the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Invoice. This committee will scrutinize legislative measures associated to conducting simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, a transfer geared toward streamlining electoral processes and lowering the recurring expenditure related to frequent polls.
The present JPC could have 27 members from Lok Sabha and 12 from Rajya Sabha. The committee can be tasked to submit the report back to Lok Sabha on the primary day of the final week of the following session of Parliament. Simply earlier than Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, the Home adopted the movement moved by Regulation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal relating to forming the Joint Parliamentary Committee for 2 payments on ‘One Nation One Election.’ Meghwal had moved The Structure (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Modification) Invoice, 2024 and the Union Territories Legal guidelines (Modification) Invoice, 2024, to amend the Structure, additionally known as the ‘One Nation One Election Invoice’.
Earlier, the Lok Sabha additionally adopted the decision to refer the ‘One Nation One Election’ invoice to the JPC. Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP’s Supriya Sule, TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee and BJP’s PP Chaudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur, are within the JPC. Different Lok Sabha MPs who’re a part of the JPC are, CM Ramesh, Parshottambhai Rupala, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sambit Patra, Anil Baluni, Vishnu Datt Sharma, Manish Tewari, Sukhdeo Bhagat, Dharmendra Yadav amongst others.
Is idea of ‘One Nation, One Election’ new in India?
It needs to be famous right here that ‘One Nation, One Election’ is just not a brand new idea in India. Following the adoption of the Structure in 1950, elections for the Lok Sabha and all state assemblies have been held concurrently each 5 years between 1951 to 1967. The polls have been held concurrently for the Centre and states in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967. The method got here to an finish as new states started to kind and a few outdated ones have been reorganized. Following the dissolution of varied legislative assemblies in 1968–1969, this observe was totally deserted.
(With inputs from companies)
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