The Joint Parliamentary Committee consists of members from Lok Sabha including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari, NCP's Supriya Sule, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee and BJP's PP Chaudhary, Bansuri Swaraj and Anurag Singh Thakur.
He said that the efforts of the JPC will be to reach a consensus and scrutinise the bills in an "unbiased" manner. Chaudhary, who is the JPC chairperson, highlighted that the parliamentary panel will hear from every stakeholder in this matter.
The first meeting of the JPC on One Nation One Election will be held today. BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal supports the bill, while JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha expresses backing with certain conditions. The proposal aims to hold simultaneous elections across the country.
The officials from the Law and Justice Ministry are scheduled to brief the parliamentary panel, tasked to scrutinise the bills proposing simultaneous elections, during the meeting.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has hit out at Congress over disruptions in the winter session of Parliament and said issues that stall the Parliament proceedings come from outside the country ahead of a session.
Affirming the government's commitment to 'One Nation One Election', Union Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Monday that the proposal is "practical and important" and will be discussed from the start of the new year with the first meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committ
Samajwadi MP from Faizabad Lok Sabha seat Awadesh Prasad on Tuesday criticised the central government over One Nation, One Election, and accused them of deviating the public from raising the issues of farmers, unemployment and inflation.
Left parties have strongly opposed the 'One Nation, One Election' move of the government, for which two bills have been introduced in Lok Sabha, and said it is a direct assault on the federal structure and the rights of state legislatures.
Left parties have strongly opposed the 'One Nation, One Election' move of the government, for which two bills have been introduced in Lok Sabha, and said it is a direct assault on the federal structure and the rights of state legislatures.
"We will only be able to reach our goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047 if we are able to fasten the development works and that can only happen when the model code of conduct is implemented less frequently," Chaudhary told reporters.