Union Law minister Arjun ram Meghwal introduced the One Nation, One election Bill in the lok sabha on tuesday (17 December). Now the bill will be sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussion. After the bill was introduced, opposition parties opposed the bill calling it unconstitutional. congress, Samajwadi party (SP), shiv sena UBT, TMC, ncp (SP) and other parties opposed it. uddhav thackeray faction's shiv sena (UBT) mp Anil Desai said in the lok sabha that I oppose it. This is an attack on federalism.
Send the bill to JPC - supriya Sule
At the same time, Sharad Pawar's party ncp SP mp supriya Sule said that this is against federalism. This bill is against the Constitution and federalism. We demand from the government that either this bill should be withdrawn or it should be sent to JPC.
What did amit shah say?
After this, Union home minister amit shah, who was present in the house, said that you said it should be given to JPC, the prime minister himself said that it should be given to JPC. Then Law minister Meghwal said that he will propose JPC. He said, "The proposed bill related to holding simultaneous elections is not going to take away the powers of the states, this bill is completely constitutional."
Eknath Shinde's shiv sena supported
Eknath Shinde's faction's shiv sena supported the One Nation, One election Bill. Shinde's son and lok sabha mp Shrikant Shinde said, "I fully support this bill. The opposition has been calling every issue unconstitutional for the last six months. As soon as the word reform comes, it seems that congress is allergic to the word reform."