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'One poll' bill introduced in LS
The New Indian Express Thrissur
|December 18, 2024
Draws fierce protest from Oppn; govt ready to send it to a joint parliamentary committee
AMID fierce protests from the Opposition INDIA bloc, the government introduced two contentious bills on the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday through a division of votes, with 269 ayes and 198 nays.
While the Opposition termed it anti-federal and against the basic structure of the Constitution, Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal defended the bill on simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies across the country.
Union home minister Amit Shah and Meghwal said that the government is willing to refer the bills to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for further deliberations (JPC).
This story is from the December 18, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Thrissur.
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