Parliamentary committee meeting on ‘One Nation, One Election’ will be held on January 8, PP Chaudhary will preside.

One Nation One Election: The date of the primary meeting for One Nation One Election has been revealed. The first meeting of 39 members of the constituted JPC will be held subsequent yr (January 8, 2025). In truth, final week Parliament had handed a proposal to kind a panel, which will now have 39 members to make sure most illustration of the states. According to PTI, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) will be chaired by former Law Minister PP Chaudhary.

The Central Government launched the invoice associated to ‘One Nation, One Election’ within the Lok Sabha on 17 December 2024. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced this invoice, the aim of which is to carry elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies concurrently. A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has been constituted for detailed dialogue and evaluation of the Bill, comprising 27 members of the Lok Sabha and 12 of the Rajya Sabha, making a complete of 39 members. The first meeting of this committee has been scheduled for 8 January 2025. The committee has been directed to submit its report on the primary day of the final week of the following session.

Opposition events had opposed the invoice
Opposition events have opposed this invoice, calling it an assault on the federal construction of the Constitution and have demanded its withdrawal. The Congress Party has known as it in opposition to the essential nature of democracy. The authorities believes that ‘One Nation, One Election’ is a giant step in the direction of electoral reforms, which will save time and sources. However, a committee has been fashioned to succeed in a broad consensus on this, which will incorporate the views of assorted events.

This invoice is said to constitutional modification, therefore two-thirds majority in Parliament is important for its passage. The authorities has distributed copies of the invoice to MPs in order that they’ll research it. The way forward for this invoice will be determined solely after the committee report and dialogue in Parliament. It will be essential to see what consensus is reached on this difficulty between the federal government and the opposition.

Who are the members in JPC?

Of the 39 members, 16 are from BJP, 5 from Congress, two every from SP, TMC and DMK and one every from Shiv Sena, TDP, JD(U), RLD, LJSP(RV), JSP, Shiv Sena(UBT), NCP ( SP), CPM, AAP, BJD and YSRCP.

List of members from Rajya Sabha

Ghanshyam Tiwari, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Bhuneshwar Kalita, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Okay Laxman, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Kavita Patidar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Sanjay Jha, Janata Dal (United) (JDU)
Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress (INC)
Mukul Wasnik, Congress (INC)
Saket Gokhale, Trinamool Congress (TMC)
P. Wilson, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Sanjay Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
V. Vijay Sai Reddy, YSR Congress (YSRCP)

List of members from Lok Sabha

These embody PP Choudhary, CM Ramesh, Bansuri Swaraj, Parshottam Bhai Rupala, Anurag Singh Thakur, Anil Baluni, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bhartrihari Mahtab, Sambit Patra, Vishnu Dutt Sharma, Baijayant Panda and Sanjay Jaiswal (BJP), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. , Manish Tiwari and Sukhdev Bhagat (Congress), Dharmendra Yadav (SP), Kalyan Banerjee (TMC), Anil Yashwant Desai (Shiv Sena-UBT), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP) and Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena).