NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the ‘one nation, one election’ bills is scheduled for Wednesday, with the primary focus on introducing the members to the two key bills.The bills were introduced in Lok Sabha on December 17 after a heated debate. The JPC, chaired by BJP’s P P…
NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the 39-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on ‘one nation, one election’ is scheduled for Jan 8, indicating the govt’s urgency in pushing forward the contentious proposal despite significant opposition.Sources said law ministry officials will brief the panel on key features of the bill, highlighting how the country will benefit.The…
NEW DELHI: The first meeting of the parliamentary panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’ is all set to take place on January 8, PTI news agency reported citing sources. Last week, the Parliament passed the motion on forming the panel which will now have 39 members to ensure representation of maximum states and the joint…
NEW DELHI: The decks for a parliamentary scrutiny of the twin bills to roll out the one nation, one election (ONOE) project have been cleared with the constitution of a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) which will be headed by former law minister P P Chaudhary.Just before being adjourned sine die Friday, Parliament passed the motion…
NEW DELHI: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) tasked with examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, has been constituted, featuring 39 members, 27 from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha. BJP MP PP Chaudhary has been appointed as the Chairperson of the committee, marking…
Ex-Union minister P P Choudhary, a BJP MP from Rajasthan’s Pali, is set to lead the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on ‘one nation, one election’ bills. Speaker Om Birla is said to have finalised the names of 21 Lok Sabha members. The rest 10 MPs in the panel will be from Rajya Sabha.The JPC has…
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (left) and Anurag Singh Thakur / File photos NEW DELHI: The central government will be sending the bills meant for simultaneous elections to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), comprising 31 parliamentarians, including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi, Manish Tewari, BJP’s Anurag Singh Thakur and Anil Baluni.The JPC for the “One Nation One Election”…
Congress MP Hibi Eden (L) confers with BJP MP and Waqf Amendment Bill JPC chairman Jagdambika Pal at Parliament House on Wednesday NEW DELHI: After protests by opposition members on the panel, the Joint Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed a resolution seeking extension of time for presentation of its report till the…
NEW DELHI: TMC MP and Waqf JPC member Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday, while leaving the second round of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill came out shouting, “Dispute resolved, all is well.” Banerjee, however, avoided further questions while repeatedly saying, “Whatever has to be said will be said by the…
JPC chairperson and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal NEW DELHI: With opposition MPs “boycotting” the scheduled study tour of members of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Bill, the LS Secretariat has postponed the trips to Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow from Nov 12 to Nov 14, with a notification being issued on Monday.The secretariat decided…
