Opposition On ONOE: The Structure (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Modification) Invoice, 2024 and The Union Territories Legal guidelines (Modification) Invoice, 2024, have been formally launched within the Lok Sabha after members voted on them. The invoice proposes ‘One Nation, One Election,’ or simultaneous elections to each the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It should now be despatched to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussions.
The one nation, one election invoice confronted criticism from the events of the opposition bloc INDIA, together with Congress and the Samajwadi Social gathering. Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday mentioned that the occasion voted in opposition to the introduction of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Invoice. “We voted in opposition to the introduction of the invoice. If the federal government desires to refer it to the JPC, that is their prerogative,” Tewari informed ANI.
Earlier within the day, Manish Tewari argued that the “One Nation, One Election” Invoice goes in opposition to the essential construction of the Structure whereas registering his opposition. Tewari said that the invoice would disrupt the steadiness between the central and state governments and undermine India’s federal system.
Talking on the invoice, Tewari mentioned, “It militates in opposition to the essential construction of the Structure. India is a union of states, so you can’t arbitrarily lower quick the tenure of state assemblies.”
Samajwadi Social gathering (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday opposed the “One Nation, One Election” invoice, alleging that it may pave the best way for dictatorship by centralising energy and undermining India’s democratic system. Yadav additionally slammed the proposal for allegedly threatening the federal construction of the nation and diminishing the position of states.
Yadav, in a publish on X, defined what he claimed to be the undemocratic nature of the idea. “In democratic contexts, the phrase ‘one’ itself is undemocratic. Democracy favours plurality. The sensation of ‘one’ has no place for others. This violates social tolerance. The sensation of ‘one’ on the particular person degree provides delivery to ego and turns energy into dictatorship,” he mentioned.
Underlining the potential hurt the invoice may trigger to India’s federal construction, the SP President alleged, “The choice of ‘One Nation, One Election’ will show deadly for true democracy. It should additionally deal a giant blow to the federal construction of the nation. It will get rid of the significance of regional points, and the general public will stay trapped within the phantasm of huge superficial points that are past their attain.”
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla says, “It’s good that the invoice was despatched to JPC. We have been additionally demanding the identical. There needs to be detailed discussions of the invoice within the JPC. There are various shortcomings within the invoice…”
Talking on One Nation One Election, Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi mentioned that it’s anti-constitution, anti-democracy, and anti-federal construction. “It’s good that it’s despatched to the JPC as a result of it should grow to be a voice of all of the political events. One Nation, One Election is anti-constitution, anti-democracy, and anti-federal construction… This isn’t going to avoid wasting any cash,” the Shiv Sena MP.
