One Nation One Election In Lok Sabha: Union House Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi favoured detailed dialogue at each degree on the ‘one nation, one election’ invoice and wished it to be referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament.
The remarks made by the Union House Minister got here when the Lok Sabha was listening to objections to the introduction of the Structure (129th Modification) Invoice that seeks to usher in simultaneous polls to the Decrease Home and state assemblies.
“When One Nation, One Election payments got here up in Cupboard, PM Modi mentioned these ought to be referred to the Joint Committee of Parliament. There ought to be an in depth dialogue over it at each degree,” Shah mentioned.
The previous Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief mentioned that DMK member T R Baalu too had favoured referring the invoice to a parliamentary committee. Shah acknowledged that the invoice might be mentioned in larger element within the Joint Committee of Parliament. The report of the JPC might be permitted by the Union Cupboard and the invoice might be mentioned once more in Parliament, he mentioned.
The Structure (129th Modification) Invoice was launched in Lok Sabha following a division of votes. The Union Territories Modification Invoice seeks to align the elections to the union territories of Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu & Kashmir with the Lok Sabha polls.
The payments had been handed by easy majority in response to the rulebook. 269 MPs voted in favour and 198 opposed it. The critics of the ‘one nation, one election invoice’ mentioned that the voting within the Decrease Home exhibits that the PM Modi-led central authorities lacks help, and it failed to achieve a two-thirds majority.
In a put up on X, Congress MP Manickam Tagore mentioned, “Two-thirds majority (i.e., 307) was wanted out of the overall 461 votes… however the authorities secured solely 269, whereas the opposition acquired 198. The ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal failed to realize two-thirds help”. He shared a screenshot of the e-voting system together with the put up.
Two-thirds majority (307) was wanted out of the overall 461 votes, however the authorities secured solely 263, whereas the opposition acquired 198. The ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal failed to realize two-thirds help. pic.twitter.com/5GIQQ0qY7r
— Manickam Tagore மாணிக்கம் தாகூர் (@manickamtagore) December 17, 2024
‘One Nation, One Election’ Invoice To Be Despatched To JPC
The Structure (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Modification) Invoice, 2024′ and ‘The Union Territories Legal guidelines (Modification) Invoice, 2024’ was formally launched in Lok Sabha after members voted on it. The invoice proposes ‘One Nation One Election’ or simultaneous elections to each Lok Sabha and state assemblies. The invoice might be despatched to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussions.
On Tuesday, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha introduced the results of the vote on the introduction of the invoice in the home. The vote confirmed 269 members in favour (Ayes) and 196 in opposition to (Noes). This adopted Legislation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal’s formal introduction of the Structure (129th Modification) Invoice, 2024, on ‘One Nation, One Election’ and his settlement to sending the invoice to a JPC in response to Union House Minister Amit Shah’s assertion.
