Union Minister Kiren Rijiju declared on Tuesday that the winter session of Parliament will begin on November 25 and conclude on December 20.
“The proposal to call both Houses of Parliament for the Winter Session, 2024, from November 25 to December 20, 2024, has been approved by the Honorable President on the recommendation of the Government of India (subject to exigencies of parliamentary business).” The 75th anniversary of the Constitution’s adoption will be commemorated on November 26, 2024 (Constitution Day), in Samvidhan Sadan’s Central Hall, the minister wrote on X.
It is anticipated that the Narendra Modi administration would do every effort to guarantee that both Houses approve the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill.
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Waqf Amendment Bills 2024 is holding its meetings regularly in different states with different stakeholders, to solve their queries and find a commong consensus on the contentious bill.
A One Nation One Election bill may also be introduced by the government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently emphasized that his administration was striving for One Nation One Poll, which would guarantee simultaneous elections for the state assemblies and the Lok Sabha.
“We are now working towards One Nation One Election, which will strengthen India’s democracy, give optimum outcome of India’s resources and the country will gain new momentum in achieving the dream of a developed India. Today, India is moving towards One Nation One Civil Code that is a Secular Civil Code,” he said.
The opposition Congress has rejected the idea of implementing One Nation One Election, saying that the PM has to take everyone in Parliament into confidence for this issue.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge dismissed the One Nation and One election concept as ‘impossible.’
“What PM Modi has said, he will not do it, because when it comes in the parliament, he has to take everybody into confidence, then only this will happen. This is impossible, ‘One Nation One Election’ is impossible,” ANI quoted Kharge as saying.
The results of Assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra that will be announced on November 23 are also likely to be discussed in both the houses.
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Source: HT
