The law ministry on Saturday notified the formation of a high-level committee to examine the proposal of simultaneous elections under the chairmanship of former president Ram Nath Kovind. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The Committee also included a former chairman of the 15th Finance Commission NK Singh, former Lok Sabha general secretary Subash Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve, and Sanjay Kothari will be members of the committee. Minister of State (Law) Arjun Ram Meghwal will attend the meetings of the high-level committee as a special invitee.
One nation one election committee: What will they study?
- As mandated in the notification, the board will analyze and make suggestions for holding synchronous races in the Place of Individuals (Lok Sabha), State Regulative Gatherings, Districts, and Panchayats.
- They will keep in view the current structure under the Constitution of India and other legal arrangements, and for that reason, look at and prescribe explicit changes to the Constitution, the Portrayal of Individuals Act, 1950, the Portrayal of Individuals Act, 1951 and the guidelines made thereunder and some other regulation.
Will Investigate Several Topics
The panel will investigate one election and suggest potential arrangements on the off chance that there are situations like hung House, reception of no-certainty movement, or abandonment. The eight-part board of trustees will recommend a system for the synchronization of the races and furthermore, the time period inside which the synchronous decisions might be held.
The advisory group will inspect the coordinated operations and labor required, including EVMs, VVPATs, and so on, for holding such concurrent decisions,” the notification said.
What is a ‘one nation-one election’?
The law commission in its 170th report prescribed synchronous decisions to political race costs and one nation one election. ” The standard should be ‘one political decision once in five years for Lok Sabha and every one of the Authoritative Gatherings,” the law commission report said.
- The particulars of something like 10 state gatherings will end previously or around when the Lok Sabha political race 2024 is to be held. While Gathering races in five states – – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Mizoram, and Chhattisgarh – – are expected before the current year’s over, surveys in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Jharkhand are probably going to be held alongside the Lok Sabha decisions.
- The conversation more than one country, one political decision began over again after the public authority called an exceptional meeting of Parliament from September 18 to 22 without refering to any explanation.