The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections, through voice vote.
Meghwal moved the motion in Rajya Sabha, stating that the Upper House of Parliament resolved to nominate 12 members to serve on the joint committee.
The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections, through voice vote.
Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move a motion to nominate members of the Rajya Sabha to the panel soon after the House met following an initial adjournment in the morning.
Lok Sabha also moved the motion on Friday before it adjourned sine die. There will be 27 members from Lok Sabha in this joint committee of Parliament for One National One Election bills.
The strength of the committee was increased from 31 MPs to 39, giving representation to more parties.
Meghwal moved the motion, stating that the Upper House of Parliament resolved to nominate 12 members to serve on the joint committee.
The members nominated from the Rajya Sabha are:
Ghanshyam Tiwari (BJP)
Bhubaneshwar Kalita (BJP)
Dr K Laxman (BJP)
Kavita Patidar (BJP)
Sanjay Kumar Jha (JD(U))
Randeep Singh Surjewala (Congress)
Mukul Wasnik (Congress)
Saket Gokhale (TMC)
P Wilson (DMK)
Sanjay Singh (AAP)
Manas Ranjan Mangaraj (BJD)
V Vijaisai Reddy (YSRCP)
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Former Union ministers Anurag Thakur and P P Chaudhary from the BJP, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress are among the Lok Sabha members, who will be part of the joint committee.
The two 'one nation one election' (ONOE) bills, including one requiring an amendment to the Constitution, lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections and were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after a fiery debate.
Opposition parties called the draft laws which is a Constitutional amendment and an ordinary bill, an 'attack on the federal system', but the government denied this claim.
Speaking to reporters on the Parliament premises, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi had termed the bills "anti-constitutional". "It is against the federalism of our nation. We are opposing the bill," she had said.
The BJP and its allies such as the TDP, JD(U) and Shiv Sena have defended the bills, saying frequent elections are an obstruction to development programmes and simultaneous polls will boost them by cutting down on election expenditure.