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New Delhi: Attorney General of India R. Venkataramani batted for the ‘One Nation One Election’ (ONOE) proposal at a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting held Tuesday to examine the two bills for simultaneous polls, while former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court D.N. Patel said it needed changes to withstand legal scrutiny, it is learnt. The meeting, chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, took place hours after the JPC’s tenure was extended till the first day of the last week of Parliament’s monsoon session. Sources told ThePrint that Venkatramani, while making his representation before the JPC, said that from a legal point of view, the ONOE proposal was sound. He is also learnt to have underlined that holding simultaneous polls was also justified economically and financially. ...

New Delhi: Amid political furore over portions of dissent notes blackened and whitened out in the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) report on the Waqf Amendment Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha Thursday, the Centre restored some of the redacted parts through a corrigendum. BJP MP Medha Vishram Kulkarni tabled the corrigendum to Appendix 5 of the report containing “Notes/minutes of dissent received from the Members of the Joint Committee”. It included some of the redactions that led to an uproar in Parliament. A look at the report tabled in the Upper House Thursday morning, and the corrigendum in the afternoon, show that the portions that were redacted from the dissent notes either raise questions on the conduct of JPC chairperson Jagdambika Pal or criticise the “political agenda” of the BJP be...

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JPC meet: Attorney general backs ‘One Nation, One Election’, HC ex-chief justice says it needs tweaks

Here’s what JPC report on Waqf Bill redacted from Opposition’s dissent notes