27 LS, 12 RS members part of JPC on simultaneous elections
Hindustan Times Jammu|December 21, 2024
Just before Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, the House adopted the motion moved by law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal regarding the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee for two bills on "One Nation One Election".
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The Joint Parliamentary Committee will have MPs including BJP's Ghanshyam Tewari, Congress's Randeep Surjewala, Congress's Mukul Wasnik, TMC's Saket Gokhale, YSR's V Vijaysai Reddy and others.

Meghwal had moved The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, to amend the Constitution, also called the "One Nation One Election Bill". Apart from these two, the minister also moved for the bills to amend Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 to be referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee.

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