One Nation One Election Bill: The Modi authorities at the Center is taking fast steps relating to one country, one election. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the bill associated to this in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (17 December 2024). There was numerous uproar in the Parliament relating to this. Congress termed it unconstitutional and mentioned that the authorities ought to instantly withdraw this bill. Congress mentioned that by presenting this bill the Central Government has harm the soul of the country.
Bill despatched to JPC
After the introduction of this bill, Union Minister Meghwal requested Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to ship this bill to the Joint Committee of Parliament for detailed deliberations. This proposed bill signifies that this course of will be carried out by 2034. To conduct elections for Lok Sabha or any Assembly first, Parliament or that Assembly should be dissolved. The report of the high-level committee headed by former President Ramnath Kovind has proposed to insert a brand new provision, Article 82A (1), which states that the President shall notify the time fastened for the first sitting of the Lok Sabha after the basic elections. .
Elections cannot be held concurrently before 2034
It is additionally proposed to incorporate Article 82A (2), which states that after the appointed date, the time period of the elected State Assemblies will be lowered to coincide with the expiry of the full time period of the Lok Sabha. This would imply that if the Bills are handed with out amendments, the due date will be notified solely throughout the first sitting of the Lok Sabha to be elected in 2029, as the first sitting of the Lok Sabha elected this yr has already handed. The full tenure of the subsequent Lok Sabha will be until 2034.
Apart from this, articles 172 and 327 may also should be amended. In this, the Parliament has the proper to make guidelines relating to meeting elections. On Thursday (12 December 2024), the Union Cabinet had authorised the 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill. The President will announce the timing of One Nation One Election throughout the first assembly after the Lok Sabha elections. This signifies that the date can be introduced solely after the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. In such a state of affairs, elections is not going to be held concurrently in the country before the yr 2034.
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