New Delhi, Jan 08 (Agency) The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on two bills related to ‘One Nation One Election’ began in New Delhi on Wednesday. The JPC is supposed to scrutinise the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill and discuss the related aspects of the bills, which will pave the way for simultaneous elections in the country.These bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of parliament. On December 20 the Lower House referred the “One Nation, one Election” Bills to the Joint Committee of Parliament (JPC) to examine the two bills, one of which proposes a constitutional amendment. The Bills are officially named as the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024.During the meeting, the representatives of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) will brief the members on the provisions of the proposed laws. The 39-member committee has 27 Members from Lok Sabha and 12 Members from Rajya Sabha. The Committee will submit its report by the first day of the last week of the next Parliament session. The 39-member committee has 27 Members from Lok Sabha and 12 Members from Rajya Sabha.
The Committee will submit its report by the first day of the last week of the next Parliament session. The panel consist of BJP leaders PP Chaudhary, Anurag Singh Thakur, and Parshottambhai Rupala, Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Manish Tewari, TMC’s Kalyan Bannerjee, NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule among others from Lok Sabha as members. From Rajya Sabha Ghanshyam Tiwari, Bhubaneswar Kalita and K. Laxman of BJP and Randeep Singh Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik of Congress and Sanjay Kumar Jha of JDU and V. Vijayasai Reddy of YSR Congress among others are the members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. Earlier, JPC Chairperson PP Chaudhary said that India will reach its goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047 if the development projects being undertaken are expedited. He added that the development work can be undertaken faster when the model code of conduct is implemented less frequently. “As far as the procedure is concerned, the committee will make an effort to listen to all stakeholders be it legal experts, members of civil society or from judiciary, or political parties,” he added.