"We Destroyed Your Fake Narrative In Maharashtra Polls": D Fadnavis To Opposition

Striking a combative note, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that during the recent state elections, the BJP-led alliance demolished the fake narrative spread by the Opposition in the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

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.