New Delhi: The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be scrutinized by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), chaired by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. This committee will review two crucial bills related to simultaneous elections in India.
Members of the JPC (21 Lok Sabha Members and 10 Rajya Sabha Members):
Lok Sabha Members:
- P.P. Chaudhary (BJP)
- Dr. C.M. Ramesh (BJP)
- Bansuri Swaraj (BJP)
- Parshottambhai Rupala (BJP)
- Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP)
- Vishnu Dayal Ram (BJP)
- Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJP)
- Dr. Sambit Patra (BJP)
- Anil Baluni (BJP)
- Vishnu Datt Sharma (BJP)
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (Congress)
- Manish Tewari (Congress)
- Sukhdeo Bhagat (Congress)
- Dharmendra Yadav (Samajwadi Party)
- Kalyan Banerjee (TMC)
- T.M. Selvaganapathi (DMK)
- G.M. Harish Balayogi (TDP)
- Supriya Sule (NCP)
- Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena)
- Chandan Chauhan (RLD)
- Balashowry Vallabhaneni (Jana Sena Party)
Rajya Sabha Members:
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- 10 members will be announced later in a separate communication.
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Key Details:
- Chairperson: Shri P.P. Chaudhary, former law minister, is expected to chair the committee, though Anurag Thakur is also considered a possible candidate. The final decision will be made by Speaker Om Birla.
- BJP Representation: 14 out of the 21 Lok Sabha members are from the BJP-led NDA, with 10 BJP MPs on the panel.
- Significance of the Committee: The JPC will focus on reviewing the proposed changes to the Constitution and laws to implement simultaneous elections in India, an idea that has been under discussion for a long time.