New Delhi
The ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The opposition strongly opposed this bill. In view of this, the government has decided to send the bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee. The Union Cabinet had approved this bill on 12 December. Due to the tussle, the ‘One Country One Election’ bill, like the Waqf Amendment Bill, is also going to the JPC. Let us take a look at which parties in Parliament announced their support and which opposed this bill.
BJP and its allies are in support of this bill. Some non-NDA parties like Biju Janata Dal, YSR Congress also support this bill. On the other hand, many opposition parties like Congress, Trinamool Congress and DMK are opposing it. A total of 32 political parties are supporting this bill, while 15 parties are opposing it.
There was division in the Lok Sabha regarding the introduction of the bill.
Regarding the introduction of the bill, the opposition demanded division of votes, after which voting took place. 269 votes were cast in favor of tabling the bill while 198 votes were cast against it. Now the formalities of sending the bill to JPC in the House will be completed.
Kovind Committee has recommended holding elections simultaneously in two phases.
A high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind had recommended holding simultaneous elections. The Union Cabinet had accepted these recommendations in September. The committee had recommended holding elections simultaneously in two phases. In the first phase, it was recommended to hold Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously. It was said that local body elections (Panchayat and Municipality) would be held within 100 days of the general elections. The committee had also recommended making a uniform voter list for all elections.
