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The 129th Constitution Amendment Bill related to One Country One Election can be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday i.e. 17th December. The bill will be sent to the JPC for detailed discussion and consensus. JPC will be formed tomorrow itself in which names of members of all parties including BJP and Congress will also be announced.
The special thing is that it was earlier to be presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday i.e. today 16th December, but then it was removed from the revised agenda. Earlier in the agenda released on Friday, it was said that it would be presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday. But this bill was not presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday. According to sources, the bill can be introduced tomorrow.
What is proposed in the bill?
The winter session of Parliament began on 25 November and will end on 20 December. PM Modi’s cabinet approved a national one election bill on December 12. The bill proposes to hold simultaneous elections after 2034. Also, the government has sent the draft of the bill to the Lok Sabha members.
The One Nation One Election Bill will make two major changes in the Constitution. This will be the 129th constitutional amendment and the laws of the Union Territory of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir will change. The two bills that the government is going to introduce related to One Country, One Election are the Union Territory Laws (Amendment) Bill 2024 and the Constitution (129th) Bill 2024.
These changes will be made
By presenting this bill, the government will propose changes in four articles of the Constitution. Amendments will be proposed in sections 82A, 83, 172 and 327. This includes amending Article 82A (simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and all Assembly elections) and Article 83 (tenure of the Houses of Parliament), Article 172 (tenure of State Legislatures) and Article 327 (proposition of amendments) of the Constitution Amendment Bill. Is. In Article 327 of the Constitution, the words delimitation of constituencies will be replaced by the words holding simultaneous elections.
A committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Ramnath Kovind.
Regarding this bill, a committee was formed under the chairmanship of former President of the country Ramnath Kovind. A committee was formed under the chairmanship of Ram Nath Kovind on September 2, 2023, to hold simultaneous elections in the country. The committee submitted its recommendations to the President on March 14, 2024 for holding general elections across the country.
The government said that in the years 1951-52, 1957, 1962 and 1967, general elections for the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of all the states were held simultaneously. However, due to premature dissolution of several assemblies in 1968 and 1969, the process of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha was disrupted and separate elections were held.
