Parliament Winter Session Live Updates: “One Nation, One Election”, a constitutional amendment bill is likely to be tabled in the Lok Sabha today. The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, popularly referred to as the Bill on “One Nation, One Election”, is expected to be introduced by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. Once approved, the bill will ensure Lok Sabha, Assembly, and local body (urban or rural) elections will be held in the same year, if not at the same time. This was the norm from independence to 1967.
In Rajya Sabha, a two-day Constitution debate will continue. The debate, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of India’s Constitution, was initiated yesterday by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
