Amid Opposition uproar, the Union government on Tuesday introduced two bills related to “one nation, one election” in the Lok Sabha after a division of votes and they were sent to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed discussions.
The CEC and ECs will be appointed by the President upon the recommendation of a Selection Committee.
The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Post Office Bill, 2023 after Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured the House that interception provisions in the Bill was meant for national security purposes only, keeping in view the current challenging times.
The apex court questions Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on sitting over and not acting on the eight bills sent to him between 2021 and 2022 for his assent.
The party, at its working committee meeting in Hyderabad, rejected the ‘One Nation, one Election’ proposal calling it an assault on the federal structure of the country.
With an amendment to the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act,2019 a provision has been inserted according to which if two or more persons are converted, it would be deemed as a mass conversion.
He said the Union government should not consider the states as puppets. Mann said states will not sit silently against this attempt of the Union government to dilute the federal spirit of our democracy.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, he said the Department of Biotechnology in the Ministry of Science and Technology has formulated ‘The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill’ to provide, regulation of the use and application of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) technology with the aim to establish the identity of certain categories of persons, including victims, offenders, suspects, undertrials, missing persons and unknown deceased persons.
"I am so happy to see the patience shown by Deputy Chairman(Harivansh)and Members, cutting across the party lines. The Ministers who piloted the replies to the Bill were sharp but at the same time brief. I felt happy and also made a note to include it in my memoirs," Naidu said.
Congress MP Manish Tewari said: "The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022, which is a derogation of Article 20 sub article 3 and Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, highlighted that the bill is beyond the legislative competence of the House and against the fundamental rights of our citizens."
