Oppn criticises law panel’s argument backing ONOE

IN ITS SUBMISSION TO JPC, THE LAW COMMISSION SAID THE PROVISIONS IN THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION DON'T ‘DISTURB THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION’

- Saubhadra Chatterji and Smriti Kak Ramachandran

NEW DELHI: Opposition lawmakers on Thursday questioned the Law Commission's support to the proposed power to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to defer polls — as envisaged in Article $2A(5) of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ bill that proposes simultaneous polls in the country — and rejected the law panel’s argument that the said bill does not require ratification by at least 50% of the state assemblies.