The Union government on Tuesday introduced two bills in the Lok Sabha that would enable the conduct of simultaneous elections to the Lower House of Parliament and the state Assemblies.
On Thursday, the Cabinet had approved the bills titled the 2024 Constitution One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment Bill and the 2024 Union Territories Laws Amendment Bill.
The second bill provides for the Assembly polls in Delhi and other Union territories to take place alongside those for the Lok Sabha and the state Legislatures.
On Tuesday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stated that voting on the introduction of the bills showed the Union government did not have the two-third majority required to pass a constitutional amendment, reported ANI.
Tharoor stated that the Centre may constitute the joint parliamentary committee on the bills to ensure that they have a majority there.
“But to pass it as a constitutional amendment, you need a two-third majority that they very clearly do not have,” the…