‘One Nation One Poll’ Panel Finalised; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Anurag Thakur Part Of JPC

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for ‘One Nation One Election’ was finalised on Wednesday. The panel will include Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Anurag Thakur (File image)

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for ‘One Nation One Election’ was finalised on Wednesday. The JPC will have 21 members from Lok Sabha; 10 from Rajya Sabha. The panel will include Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur.
The other leaders of the panel, include Manish Tewari, Dharmendra Yadav, Kalyan Banerjee, Supriya Sule, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sambit Patra and Anil Baluni. The parliamentary panel is likely to be headed BJP’s PP Chaudhary, a former minister of state for law.

List Of Leaders Who Are Part Of The JPC:

The panel will reportedly submit its report on the proposed bill on the first day of last week of the next session, reported PTI. On Tuesday, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the bill in the Lok Sabha with the aim to hold Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections simultaneous.

About The One Nation One Poll Bill:
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024′ and ‘The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024’ was formally introduced in Lok Sabha after members voted on it. The bill proposes ‘One Nation One Election’ or simultaneous elections to both Lok Sabha and state assemblies. It will be sent to JPC for detailed discussions.
The proposed constitutional amendment bill would deal with making provisions for holding Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly elections together. The first amendment bill to conduct simultaneous elections of Lok Sabha and State assemblies and another bill to align elections for assemblies in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry.
‘One Nation, One Election’ is the idea of conducting simultaneous polls in the country for union government, state government and panchayat levels. Simultaneous polls were held in the country between 1951 and 1967. The concept of simultaneous elections has featured in many reports and studies since 1983, essentially implying a return to the previous practice of conducting polls concurrently.
The proposed bill will require a simple majority for passage in both the Houses.
Citing recommendations of the high-level committee, the proposed bill would seek to amend Article 82A by adding sub-clause (1) relating to the ‘appointed date’. It will also seek to insert sub-clause (2) to Article 82A relating to the end of terms of the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies together.
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