New Delhi: The government has taken action to give more parties representation by increasing the number of MPs on the joint committee of Parliament that will examine the two Bills that call for simultaneous elections from 31 to 39.
In addition to two additional BJP members and one additional Samajwadi party member, the government's proposed list of Lok Sabha MPs now includes one representative from each of the Shiv Sena (UBT), CPI(M), and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas).
The list of business for the House for Friday includes a motion from Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to refer the two bills to a joint committee, including 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha.
The new Lok Sabha MPs proposed to be part of the committee are Baijayant Panda and Sanjay Jaiswal from the BJP, the SP's Chhotelal, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Anil Desai, LJP's Shambhavi and the CPI(M)'s K Radhakrishnan.
The committee will scrutinise the two "one nation one election" (ONOE) bills, including one for amending the Constitution.
Former Union ministers Anurag Thakur and P P Chaudhary, besides Bhartruhari Mahtab from the BJP, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress are among the Lok Sabha members proposed for the panel.
Among the Lok Sabha members, 17 are from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, including 12 from the BJP.
With PTI inputs