Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former WC president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, while issuing a statement on “One Nation, One Election”, said that after independence, the country Simultaneous elections were held but were later cancelled. He also said that Congress has abused Article 356 the most and many elected governments have been overthrown. Brigid Bhushan supported the decision of Prime Minister Modi and the central government and said that this decision is in the interest of the country. Frequent elections hinder development efforts and take a toll on the country.
The relevant bill will be submitted to the Lok Sabha on December 6
The central government will submit two bills related to “one country, one election” in the Lok Sabha on December 16. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will introduce the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the Union Territory Laws (Amendment) Bill. The cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bills on December 12. One of the bills deals with holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies and the other to elections to Union Territories.
Let us tell you that the passage of the constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds majority, while the second bill requires a simple majority of the House of Representatives. Although a high-level committee headed by former President Ramnath Kovind proposed holding municipal and panchayat elections in a phased manner alongside the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections, the cabinet has decided not to discuss the issue of local body elections for now . (with language input)
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