The parliamentary panel constituted to scrutinise the two bills on simultaneous elections held its first meeting on Wednesday. Officials of the Ministry of Law and Justice are briefing the panel members on the provisions of the proposed laws, sources said. Headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, the 39-member joint committee of Parliament comprises members from … Read more
The first meeting of the 39-member parliamentary panel on ‘one nation, one election’ is set to be held on January 8, setting the tone for nationwide deliberations on the key poll reform measure of the BJP-led NDA government. Parliamentary sources said the first meeting of the Joint Committee on bills for simultaneous elections to the … Read more
The Congress on Sunday said Parliament should pass a law to enable reservations to exceed the 50-per cent cap, a day after NDA constituent JD(U) demanded that the quota increase in Bihar be included in the 9th schedule of the Constitution. At a meeting of the Janata Dal-United’s national executive here on Saturday, the party … Read more
