Invoice on simultaneous polls: Cong points whip mandating presence of MPs in LS

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 within the Decrease Home of Parliament on Tuesday, 17 December 2024.

Sources mentioned a three-line whip has been issued to Congress Lok Sabha MPs, mandating their presence within the Home for Tuesday’s “essential proceedings”, sources mentioned.

The get together’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 Social gathering workplace in Parliament, they mentioned.

The constitutional modification invoice for holding Lok Sabha and Meeting elections concurrently has been listed for introduction within the Decrease Home of Parliament on Tuesday and may very well be referred to a joint committee of the 2 Homes.

The Lok Sabha agenda mentioned the Structure (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Modification) Invoice 2024, popularly being known as the Invoice on “one nation, one election”, might be launched by Union regulation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

After its introduction, Meghwal will request Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to refer the Invoice to a Joint Committee of Parliament for wider consultations.

The minister may also introduce the Union Territories Legal guidelines (Modification) Invoice 2024, which seeks to align the elections of the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the NCT of Delhi.

The joint panel might be constituted on a pro-rata foundation, based mostly on the power of MPs of varied events. As the most important get together, the BJP will get the chairmanship of the committee, moreover a number of members, a functionary mentioned on Monday.

Final week, the Union cupboard determined to carry simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies however opted to depart “as of now” how native physique polls might be held. The cupboard has permitted the 2 payments to carry the parliamentary and Meeting polls concurrently.

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