The Winter Session of parliament will end on December 20 and with just five sessions left, there has been a curiosity as to when the BJP-led NDA government will table the two Bills related to the One Nation One Election in Lok Sabha.
The introduction of the two Bills – the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment Bill), 2024, and Union Territories Law (Amendment) Bill, 2024 – were initially included in the list of business for Monday (December 16) in the Lok Sabha. However, they won’t be introduced as they were off the revised list of business for the day.
The government has now reportedly postponed the introduction of Bills which would be the first step towards the implementation of one of BJP’s key poll promises – holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies of states and Union Territories.
It is now expected to be tabled later this week, perhaps Tuesday (December 17), a report by The Indian Express quoted sources as saying.
The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the two Bills on Thursday (December 12).
After being introduced, the two Bills will be referred to a joint parliamentary panel for further scrutiny.
Discussion and voting on the supplementary demands for grants for 2024-2025 and the introduction as well as the passing of the appropriation Bills by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are included in the revised list of business in the Lok Sabha for Monday.
What does the Bills seek?
The first Bill, to enable simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, seeks to insert a new article in the Constitution, Article 82A (simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies), while amending Article 83 (duration of houses of Parliament), Article 172 (duration of state legislatures) and Article 327 (power of Parliament to make provision with respect to elections to legislatures).
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