Gujarat govt endorses simultaneous polls, Cong opposes proposal | Ahmedabad News

Gandhinagar: The BJP state govt on Wednesday backed the proposal of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies while the Congress opposed the ‘one nation, one election’ proposal. Leaders of the ruling party and the opposition Congress met the joint parliamentary committee (JPC), which is in Gujarat to examine the proposal.CM Bhupendra Patel,…

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Joint parliamentary committee on simultaneous polls begins consultation in Gujarat

The 41-member parliamentary panel, headed by BJP MP P P Chaudhary, is scrutinising two proposed legislations related to simultaneous elections: The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill Gandhinagar: A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) examining the proposal for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies began its three-day visit…

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BJP & JD(S) back ‘One Nation, One Election’; Cong calls it bid to weaken regional parties

Congress, BJP-JDS spar over ‘One Nation, One Election’ at Bengaluru JPC meet Bengaluru: The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP-JDS alliance traded blows over the proposed ‘One Nation, One Election’ plan during a consultation meeting convened by the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in Bengaluru Saturday.While BJP and JD(S) backed simultaneous Lok…

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