Parliament Winter Session Live: On the seventh day of the Winter Session, the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, was moved in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage by Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal. The bill seeks to establish a committee of the Prime Minister, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM to select members of the Election Commission.
Meanwhile, the Centre has withdrawn the three bills on criminal laws, that aim to replace the existing ones, from Lok Sabha and has introduced them afresh following various recommendations made by a parliamentary panel.
Earlier on Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023 were passed by the Rajya Sabha, which followed the Supreme Court upholding the revocation of Article 370 from the erstwhile state.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday withdrew the three bills on criminal law and introduced the revised version of the bills.
National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah said, "Let Jammu and Kashmir go to hell...They betrayed people. They want to win people's hearts. How'd you win that if you'd do such things to push people farther away?"
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday moved the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023 in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and passage.
Both the Houses have been adjourned till 2 pm.
Members of Parliament from Kerala stage a protest in front of the Gandhi statue demanding justice for the Sabarimala pilgrim.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has arrived at the Parliament.
As the Centre has decided to withdraw the three bills on criminal laws and introduce revised versions, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said, "The Standing Committee has given several recommendations on the three bills (Criminal Bills) given to it by the Home Minister. The new bill will be introduced today."
Union Minister of Law and Justice, Arjun Ram Meghwal, will move the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2023, in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for consideration and passage to repeal certain enactments and to amend an enactment. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill during the Monsoon Session.
The government has decided to withdraw the three bills that aim to replace existing criminal laws and introduce them afresh following various recommendations made by a parliamentary panel.
On Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2023 were passed by the Rajya Sabha, which followed the Supreme Court upholding the revocation of Article 370 from the erstwhile state. (ANI)
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is set to move the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday for consideration and passage to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, and the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission. (ANI)