Lok Sabha adopts resolution to refer ‘One Nation One Election’ bill to JPC | Latest News India
On the last day of the Parliament winter session 2024, the Lok Sabha adopted a resolution to refer the constitutional amendment bills for holding Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). As many as 269 members voted in favour of the ‘One Nation One Election bill, while 198 voted against it. (ANI) The JPC on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill will have a total of 39 members, with 27 from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha, PTI reported. The list of Lok Sabha MPs proposed by the central government will include one member each from the Shiv Sena (UBT), CPI(M) and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), other than two more members of the BJP and one more of the Samajwadi Party. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, BJP’s Bhartruhari Mahtab and former union ministers Anurag Thakur and PP Chaudhary also are among the Lok Sabha members proposed for the JPC. Among the Lok Sabha names, 17 are from the BJP-led NDA and of those 12 are …
