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One Nation, One Election: The BJP’s event at the BR Ambedkar Centre in Delhi on Wednesday will see the participation of over 1,000 students from various colleges across the country
Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan (right) and Anurag Thakur will conduct these sessions. (PTI File)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has organised a day-long programme in the national capital on Wednesday to seek consensus on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ legislation. The event at the BR Ambedkar Centre will see the participation of over 1,000 students from various colleges across the country.
Two sessions will be held for students to gain more clarity about the legislation’s long-term implications and understand the importance of their input and feedback as crucial stakeholders.
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and sports and youth affairs minister Anurag Thakur will conduct these sessions.
Senior BJP leader and union agricultural minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who heads the BJP committee formed to conduct such outreach programmes on behalf of the party, will also be present at the event tomorrow. Fellow members of his committee, BJP national secretary Anil Antony and Rajya Sabha MP Surendra Nagar, will also be present.
Even as the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) led by PP Chaudhary continues to examine the bill, the party has conducted such awareness programmes across the country to build consensus.
Apart from large programmes like this, BJP leaders, including union ministers and MPs, have already been conducting multiple outreach programmes in their respective constituencies to gauge the public mood regarding such a reform. In the coming months, the party also plans to hold larger meetings with women, professionals, celebrities, and people from various walks of life.
During the passage of the bill by the union cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had expressed the need to take the public into confidence for such legislation. He emphasised that widespread discussion and debate must be undertaken at every level. Politically, the incumbent government holds a majority in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, with the Centre being a coalition government. However, passing legislation that amends the Indian Constitution mandates a two-thirds majority. Therefore, the JPC is extensively discussing the bill to ensure opposition parties are on board for its passage.
