Two constitutional amendment bills aimed at enabling simultaneous federal and state elections by 2034 were referred to a 39-member joint parliamentary committee on Friday morning. New Delhi: Two constitutional amendment bills aimed at enabling simultaneous federal and state elections by 2034 were referred to a 39-member joint parliamentary committee on Friday morning. This marked the conclusion of a Lok Sabha winter session marred by contentious exchanges and protests between the BJP and Congress, fuelled by Home Minister Amit Shah’s controversial “Ambedkar is the fashion” remark.
The Lower House was subsequently adjourned sine die. Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari and Trinamool’s Kalyan Banerjee and Saket Gokhale are among the opposition representatives on the 39-member joint parliamentary committee (JPC). Government representation includes former Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Sambit Patra and Anil Baluni.
JPC members appointed for election-related issue in RS The following people have been appointed as members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the election-related issue in the Rajya Sabha: Ghanashyam Tiwari, Bhuvaneshwar Kalita, Dr K Laxman, Kavita Patidar, Sanjay Kumar Jha, Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik,, P Wilson, Sanjay Singh, Manas Ranjan, and Vijay Sai Reddy. The committee, expanded from 31 members to inclue smaller parties seeking representation, also has members from rival factions of Maharashtra’s Shiv Sena and NCP, a.
