Youth in Delhi support NDA govt’s move to introduce ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill in Parliament

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New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The people of the country, especially the youth population, in the national capital have given their verdict and have strongly supported the NDA government’s decision to implement the contentious ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, which was tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday noon, with 269 MPs voting in its favour and 198 against it in the Lok Sabha.

Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal on Tuesday introduced two bills that would enable simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha along with the state Assemblies and Union Territories.

Many young residents in the national capital spoke to IANS and voiced their overwhelming support for the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill.

A young Delhi resident Montu Kumar Yadav, who has rallied his support behind PM Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to implement the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, said: “Today the framers of our Constitution have won. Now there is a new vigour and enthusiasm in us. The way this Bill has been presented in the Parliament, the public’s voice is taking the form of a revolution. Now, we will go to our respective areas and make the MLAs and MPs, who do not agree with this bill, aware and explain to them what are its benefits.”

Rishabh Rohila, another youngster residing in Delhi, also voiced his support behind the NDA government’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, said: “I am supporting the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill. More than 250 MPs have voted in favour of this Bill. These include the ruling BJP, opposition party and Independent MPs as well. With the introduction of this Bill, the country will save crores of rupees and resources which will now be spent more judiciously.”

Another Delhi resident Pratham Singh said: “He met the Members of Parliament (MPs) in support of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, and has received support from majority of them. With the introduction of this bill across the country, the country will benefit hugely and a huge amount of money will also be saved now with holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections.”

Opposition parties such as the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Nationalist Congress Party demanded that this bill be sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee. The Bill will now be sent to a Joint Committee of Parliament for deliberations.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies including the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) are in support of the Bill.

Several Opposition parties, including Congress, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC), Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) have opposed this Bill.

–IANS

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Chandigarh, Dec 22 (IANS) Two people were found dead as the 23-hour rescue operation involving the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Army, besides civil authorities, to locate missing people trapped in a collapsed four-storey building in Punjab’s Mohali ended on Sunday.

The body of a male was recovered on Sunday, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Damandeep Kaur said, adding the victim has been identified as Abhishek Dhanwal, hailing from Haryana’s Ambala. Earlier, a woman, identified as Drishti Verma, 20, from Himachal Pradesh, died in the incident.

Officiating Deputy Commissioner Viraj S. Tidke along with Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Pareek, told the media the search and rescue operation to evacuate the trapped people whose exact number was not ascertained initially, got a boost when a critically injured woman was rescued from the wreckage.

After that, the operation continued the entire night and onwards till 4.30 pm on Sunday when it was made clear by the NDRF that there was no more possibility of any person being trapped under the debris.

Tidke said the debris had been checked by the NDRF thoroughly before declaring the operation over.

He said that a total of 600 NDRF, Army, and police personnel were roped in for the round-the-clock operation. He said about 140 NDRF team members, 167 from the Army’s 57 Engineers Regiment, over 300 local police personnel and the rest from allied departments were involved in the operation.

During the operation, requisite machinery was provided to the NDRF in addition to what they already had.

He said that a magisterial probe had been ordered in this incident to fix the responsibility. SDM Damandeep Kaur has been entrusted with the probe and she has been asked to submit the report within three weeks.

The whole operation was monitored by the district civil and police officials till its completion. Deputy Inspector General Harcharan Singh Bhullar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, and Superintendent of Police Jyoti Yadav Bains were present at the site of the operation.

According to officials, people were buried under the debris when the structure of a gym collapsed owing to digging in an adjacent building’s basement in Sector 77.

The police have booked and arrested the building owners — Parwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh, charging them with culpable homicide.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had spoken with the district administration about the ongoing rescue works and directed us to make all possible efforts to rescue the victims. Also, Member of Parliament Malvinder Singh Kang and local MLA Kulwant Singh were at the site on Saturday to oversee the rescue work.

Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav also took stock of the rescue work and directed the local police to ensure the safety of victims at all costs.

–IANS

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