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Meghwal highlighted that Lok Sabha and assembly elections were held simultaneously in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967.
At the meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) MP Arun Bharti highlighted the huge gap between Bihar's per capita income with the national average.
PM Modi, who addressed the annual NCC PM rally at Cariappa Parade Ground here, referred to the bill on 'One Nation, One Election', which is being examined by a Joint Parliamentary Committee.
The UCC was a part of BJP's manifesto. We incorporate things in the manifesto only when we think it is possible, said Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The Lok Sabha's list of business for Thursday included the names of 21 MPs to be part of the committee, a motion on whose constitution will be moved by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The two 'One Nation One Election' (ONOE) bills, including one requiring an amendment in the Constitution, that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after a fiery debate.
A Joint Parliamentary Committee comprising a maximum of 31 members, including representatives from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
Following the introduction in the Lok Sabha, the bill has been sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussions and deliberations.
In a bid to ensure full attendance of MPs in Parliament, the BJP had issued a three-line whip for the presence of its MPs.
The one nation, one election bill faced criticism from the parties of the opposition bloc INDIA, including Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
The remarks made by Amit Shah came when the Lok Sabha was hearing objections to the introduction of the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill that seeks to usher in simultaneous polls to the Lower House and state assemblies.
Amid the stiff opposition, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal proposed that the bills should be sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, to which the House voted in favour of sending the bill to the JPC.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also likely to give a reply to the debate on supplementary demands for grants for 2024-25.
The listed agenda of the Lower House for Tuesday includes the Constitution Amendment Bill concerning simultaneous elections.
The Union Cabinet last week decided to hold simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies but opted to leave "as of now" how local body polls are held.
According to reports, the two bills related to the simultaneous polls - The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill) - could be brought either on Tuesday or later this week after the House passes the first batch of supplementary demands for grants listed for Monday.
The first amendment Bill was to conduct simultaneous elections of the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies and another Bill was for aligning the elections for Assemblies in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry.
The bill aims to synchronize Lok Sabha, state assembly, urban body, and panchayat elections across the country within 100 days.
Opposition leaders, including Mamata Banerjee, Siddaramaiah, and Arvind Kejriwal, criticised the 'One Nation, One Election' Bill, calling it an attack on parliamentary democracy.
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