Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:30am on 17 Dec 2024,Tuesday Politics
The One Nation One Election bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha today by Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. The bill, which includes the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, has sparked controversy. Opposition parties, including Asaduddin Owaisi, criticized the bill, claiming it undermines federalism and parliamentary democracy. Owaisi argued that the bill violates the right to self-governance and has been introduced to "massage the ego of the supreme leader." The government has proposed referring the bill to the Joint Parliamentary Committee for further deliberation.
