Know members of Congress are reviewing an election bill?
A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has been set up to review the One Nation One Election Bill. PP Chaudhary, a BJP MP from Pali in Rajasthan, will serve as the JPC chairman. The committee will consist of 21 members of the House of Commons and 10 members of the House of Federation. The Lok Sabha also announced its 21 members. Among these 21 members, 5 are lawyers.
Ten BJP MLAs, three Congress MLAs and one MLA each from TMC, DMK, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Sharad), RLD, TDP and SP have been allotted in the JPC.
Why is the JPC important?
This is a joint parliamentary committee of Parliament that scrutinizes bills and issues. After reviewing the case, the Juvenile Information Commission submits a report to the central government. The One Nation One Election Bill has been sent to the committee.
The One Country One Act is related to constitutional amendments. After the bill is passed by Parliament, the Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha can be dissolved based on the recommendations of the National Electoral Commission. After the implementation of this bill, the National Assembly and Lok Sabha elections can be held simultaneously.
After the bill is implemented, the five-year term limit in the House of Representatives will end. Congress and Indian Union leaders termed it unconstitutional. At the same time, the government says it can rein in spending by holding elections at the same time.
Committee members include 3 women, 2 Dalits
Among the 21 members of the Lok Sabha committee, 3 are women and 2 are Dalits. The BJP has included the name of Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj in the women quota. Priyanka Gandhi was inducted into JPC from Congress quota.
Baramati MP Supriya Sule is also a woman. Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya has been in the Assembly since she was elected from Baramati in 2009. General Manager Harish Balayogi and Palamu MP BD Ram are both Dalits in the committee.
Sukhdev Bhagat is the MP from Lohardaga and belongs to the tribal community.
5 MP lawyers, 1 ex-IPS
Five legislators, including committee chairman PP Choudhary, are lawyers. PP Chaudhary also served as a central government minister. Councilors are elected by Pali. Bansuri Swaraj also made a career out of being an advocate. Bansuri has defended many high-profile cases. Manish Tiwari, MP from Chandigarh, is also a senior lawyer.
Tiwari served as a minister in the Manmohan government. Chandan Chauhan, RLD, also holds a law degree. Similarly, TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee was also a lawyer. SP’s Dharmendra Yadav and DMK’s Selvaganapathy also hold LLB degrees. Selvagapati served as a minister in the Tamil Nadu government.
Palamu MP BD Ram was an Indian policeman before entering politics. Shrikant Shinde and Sambit Patra hold medical degrees. CM Ramesh also holds the title of PhD, but only honorary.
Purushottam Rupala, Anurag Thakur, Anil Baluni are graduates. While Priyanka and VD Sharma hold master’s degrees. The BJP’s Bhrithari Mahtab was a journalist before entering politics.
3 MPs from Andhra Pradesh, 2-2 MPs from Jharkhand-Odisha
From a state perspective, Andhra Pradesh has included 3 MPs in the JPC. These include No. 1 CM Ramesh, No. 2 GM Harish Balayogi and No. 3 B Vallabhaneni. Ramesh is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Balayogi is a member of the Janata Party and Varabaneni is a member of the Jana Sena Party.
2 MPs from Jharkhand occupy seats in the JPC. Congress’s Sukhdev Bhagat and BJP’s BD Ram have joined the committee. Bhrithari Mahtab and Sambit Patra from Odisha have joined the committee.
Two MPs from Maharashtra have also secured seats in the JPC. Shrikant Shinde from Shivsena (Shinde) and Supriya Sule from NCP (Sharad) have joined the committee.
The committee members include one member each from 12 states including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
