The Indian Cabinet has cleared bills required to implement the “one nation, one election” proposal – which proposes simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and, at a later stage, municipal polls too – sources told NDTV yesterday afternoon.
These bills – which look to amend at least five Articles of the Constitution – will likely be introduced in the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, sources added. The bills were cleared at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Among those approved was an amendment to Article 82, which deals with state-wise allocation of Lok Sabha seats, and division of states into territorial constituencies, after each national census.
A second amendment relates to linking tenures of the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, while there will also be changes to provisions in three laws, each looking to align the legislative assemblies of three union territories – Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu and Kashmir – with those of states and the Lok Sabha.
