One Nation One Election / Today JPC will announce one country one election, government will bring proposal in LS

The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) will now have 39 members. The decision to increase the number was taken to give representation to all parties. The new members include leaders from Shiv Sena UBT, SP, BJP and other parties. The committee will submit its report in the last week of the budget session.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 20, 2024, 09:25 AM

One Nation One Election: The government has constituted a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to review the bill related to "One Country One Election". Today this proposal was introduced in the Lok Sabha, in which it was decided to increase the number of members of the JPC. Now the JPC will have a total of 39 members, including 27 from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha.

Expansion of JPC:

Earlier the committee had 31 members, but its number was increased due to objections from some political parties and to ensure wider representation. In particular, Shiv Sena (Uddhav faction) leader Uddhav Thackeray and other parties had objected to not being included in the committee. After this, the committee was expanded with the aim of giving representation to all the parties.

New members:

The JPC now includes Anil Desai from Shiv Sena (UBT), Chhotelal from Samajwadi Party, Vaijayant Panda and Sanjay Jaiswal from BJP, Shambhavi Chaudhary from LJP (Ram Vilas) and K. Radhakrishnan from CPM as new members.

Political distribution of JPC:

Various political parties are represented in the JPC as follows:

BJP: 12

Congress: 3

Samajwadi Party: 2

TMC: 1

Shinde Sena: 1

Shiv Sena (UBT): 1

NCP: 1

LJP: 1

Janasena: 1

RLD: 1

CPM: 1

DMK: 1

TDP: 1

Congress representatives:

Priyanka Gandhi, Sukhdev Bhagat, and Manish Tewari from the Congress will be part of the JPC from the Lok Sabha.

JPC report and bill background:

The JPC will submit its report to Parliament on the first day of the last week of the next Budget session. The report will focus on the "One Country One Election" bill, which was approved by the Modi government on December 12. The bill proposes to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and all assemblies in the country after 2034.

Recommendations of the Kovind Committee:

Earlier, the Kovind Committee submitted its recommendations to the President on 14 March 2024. It suggested holding simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and all the assemblies. This committee was constituted on 2 September 2023.

Conclusion:

The "One Country One Election" Bill is set to bring a major change in the Indian democratic system. It aims to simplify election processes and ensure efficient use of administrative resources. The detailed report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee will play an important role in deciding the future strategy in this direction.