31 Members, 90-Day Term: What We Know About 'One Nation, One Poll' Committee

A maximum of 31 MPs will form the joint parliamentary committee to which two bills proposing changes to the Constitution - to allow simultaneous federal and state elections - will be referred, sources told NDTV late Tuesday.

BJP To Send Notices To MPs Absent During Introduction of '1 Nation, 1 Poll' Bill

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party does not seem to have - as on Tuesday evening - the numbers to push through the Lok Sabha the two bills to amend the Constitution and guide its 'one nation, one election' dream a step closer to reality.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday afternoon held a division vote to introduce two Constitutional Amendment bills that will permit simultaneous federal and state elections, part of the ruling BJP's flagship 'one nation, one election' push.

A proposal to hold simultaneous federal and state elections - the 'one nation, one poll' proposal - is a long-pending piece of electoral reform and will not damage the Constitution, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told the Lok Sabha Tuesday afternoon.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal tables "One Nation, One Poll", a constitutional amendment bill, in the Lok Sabha.