The Centre will introduce the modification invoice in Lok Sabha on Monday.
New Delhi:
The Centre will introduce a invoice to amend ‘The Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019’ in Lok Sabha subsequent week, to combine the Union Territory with its ‘One Nation, One Election’ initiative, a senior authorities official instructed NDTV.
“The current Union Territory Assembly will full its full time period and in case of untimely dissolution of the meeting, mid-term election to be held for less than the remaining interval of 5 years. Centre is introducing a invoice to this impact,” a senior authorities official stated.
The official stated it will enable the Centre to amend the legislation to combine Jammu and Kashmir with the initiative.
As per enterprise scheduled in Lok Sabha on Monday, Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal would introduce ‘The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill-2024’ to make adjustments within the ‘Government of Union Territories Act, 1963’, the ‘Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act’, 1991 and the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019’.
“While the amendments within the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 have been proposed for respectively for synchronisation of meeting polls of Puducherry and Delhi with Lok Sabha polls, the amendments in J&Ok Reorganisation Act- 2019 will align Jamm and Kashmir’s electoral cycle with Lok Sabha polls,” he additional explains.
As per amendments proposed within the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019, the time period of the Legislative Assembly shall come to an finish on the expiry of the complete time period of Lok Sabha.
The invoice states that simultaneous elections would come into impact on an “appointed date” to be notified by the President on the primary sitting of the Lok Sabha after a basic election.
“As the primary sitting of the Lok Sabha elected in 2024 has already taken place, the earliest appointed date for simultaneous elections that may solely be notified is the primary sitting of the House elected within the 2029 elections. This implies that simultaneous polls might be held by 2034 when the complete time period of that House ends,” an official instructed NDTV, explaining the invoice.