Residence Minister Amit Shah talking within the Rajya Sabha through the Structure debate.
Parliament session: Union legislation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday launched the invoice for “one nation, one election” within the Lok Sabha. A vote on the proposal noticed 269 votes in favour and 198 in opposition. Following the introduction of the Structure (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Modification) Invoice, 2024 and the Union Territories Legal guidelines (Modification) Invoice, 2024, the invoice has now been despatched to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for an in depth dialogue.…Learn Extra
The invoice, which additionally seeks to align the elections of the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the NCT of Delhi, was cleared by the Cupboard final week.
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The proposal to align elections has been part of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration’s (BJP) 2024 ballot manifesto and has the backing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nevertheless, it faces opposition from a raft of political events and activists who allege that it’ll damage democratic accountability.
Residence minister Amit Shah delivered a fierce speech within the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday night, taking a number of jibes on the Opposition, particularly the Congress occasion. He accused the grand previous occasion of being “anti-constitutional” and stated that it additionally didn’t take care of the progress of the backward courses.
Shah listed the works of the Modi authorities for the nation, whereas slamming that of the previous Congress regime.
Each the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will now reconvene on Wednesday, December 18, at 11 am.
Extra on the Winter Session of Parliament:
- The Congress has issued a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs, mandating their presence within the Home, with the constitutional modification invoice for holding Lok Sabha and meeting elections concurrently listed for introduction.
- The occasion’s Lok Sabha MPs may also maintain a gathering at 10.30 AM to debate Tuesday’s enterprise within the Home on the Congress Parliamentary Celebration workplace in Parliament
- An analogous whip, mandating their presence within the Home, has additionally been issued by the Shiv Sena.
- The Rajya Sabha is holding a two-day debate on the Structure, which accomplished 75 years on November 26. An analogous debate was held within the Lok Sabha final week.
