Our Correspondent / New Delhi
Congress leader and MP from Waynad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is all set to play new role in her perlimentary career. Congress Party has been clear since she took oath in the current session and participated in the Lok Sabha debate on the Constitution.
The party has now decided to recommend her name for the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) that will examine the One Nation, One Election (ONOE) proposal, said a senior leader.
Sources indicate that the party will also nominate Manish Tewari, Randeep Surjewala, and Sodhi alongside Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the committee.
The government is expected to move a resolution in Parliament tomorrow, referring the ONOE bill to the parliamentary panel for further review.
The Opposition raised concerns that the change could disproportionately benefit the ruling party, giving it undue influence over the electoral process in states, and could undermine the autonomy of regional parties. These Bills, which were approved by the Cabinet last week, seek to pave the way for holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies across India. Opposition members opposed the bill’s introduction. In the division, 269 members voted in favour of the bill’s introduction, while 196 voted against it. The bills will now be sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further deliberations.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024′ and ‘The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024’, which propose simultaneous elections for both Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was introduced in the lower house today. The bills were introduced in Lok Sabha by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that when the One Nation, One Election Bill was taken up in the cabinet for approval, PM Modi had said that it should be sent to the JPC for detailed discussion.