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After listing two Bills that would enable simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Assemblies of states and Union Territories for Monday, the Government has postponed their introduction in the Lok Sabha until later this week, sources said on Sunday.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill 2024 and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment Bill) 2024 were included in the list of business for Monday in the Lok Sabha. However, the two Bills were off the revised list of business.
The Government has decided to introduce the Bills later this week, perhaps on Tuesday, sources aware of the development said. Discussion and voting on the supplementary demands for grants for 2024-2025 and the introduction and passing of the appropriation Bills by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman are included in the revised list of business in the Lok Sabha for Monday.
The Rajya Sabha is also scheduled to start a discussion on 75 years of the Constitution on Monday, a source said.
The cabinet approved the two Bills last week. Based on the recommendations of the High-Level Committee on One Nation One Election chaired by former president Ram Nath Kovind, the Bills set out the process for moving towards simultaneous elections.
The President would have to notify an “appointed date” on the first sitting of the Lok Sabha after a general election and any Legislative Assembly elected after that date would have its term curtailed to end with that of the Lok Sabha.
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