Overview

• The Joint Parliamentary Committee met in Shimla on June 19 with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri as part of its nationwide review of the One Nation One Election proposal.
• Chief Minister Sukhu confirmed the Congress party’s formal opposition to the synchronisation bill during the deliberations.
• Despite opposing the legislation, Congress representatives offered detailed suggestions to the committee, including a mechanism for holding by-elections annually.
• Committee chair P P Choudhary and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur joined state leaders in presenting feedback to the parliamentary panel.
• The synchronisation plan requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament and ratification by at least half of India’s states, and the committee will continue consultations across the country.