Gadkari, Scindia And 18 BJP MPs On Notice List For Skipping 'One Nation, One Election' Session

The Bharatiya Janata Party is working towards sending notices to 20 party MPs for skipping the 'One Nation, One Election' session on Tuesday. As per reports, senior ministers such as Nitin Gadkari, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Giriraj Singh are also on the list of MPs who skipped the session.

Before the introduction of the ONOE bill in the Lok Sabha, the BJP issued a whip mandating the presence of all MPs in the house during the session.

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Following its introduction, the party will now be issuing notices to the MPs who missed the session and hold them accountable for defying party orders.

As per reports, confirmation is needed if the absence of these 20 MPs was justified. It also remains unclear if the MPs had informed the party of their absence due to the prior engagement or other reasons.

BJP To Issue Notices | Who Is On The List?

As per ANI, sources close to the party have shared some of the names of the MPs who are expected to receive notices from BJP for skipping the ONOE session -

1. Giriraj Singh

2. Nitin Gadkari

3. Jyotiraditya Scindia

4. CR Patil

5. Shantanu Thakur

6. Jagdambika Pal

7. BY Raghavendra

8. Vijay Baghel

9. Udayraje Bhonsale

10. Jagannath Sarkar

11. Jayant Kumar Roy

12. V Somanna

13. Chintamani Maharaj

One Nation, One Election Tabled In Lok Sabha

The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024' and 'The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024', which propose simultaneous elections for both Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

The bills were introduced in Lok Sabha by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Opposition parties and Congress have opposed the bill and stated that the bills were "an assault on federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution".

After the introduction of the bill, Opposition members pressed for a division, marking the first use of the electronic voting system in the Parliament.

In this division, the bills received 269 votes in favour and 198 votes against. The bills will now be sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for further deliberations.