Last month, the govt passed a bill to amend the law relating to elections. But a change linked electoral rolls with the Aadhaar ecosystem, was in the eye of the storm. This report tells more about it
When The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was tabled in Rajya Sabha on December 21, members of the opposition parties stormed into the Well of the House. TMC MP Derek O’ Brien was suspended for throwing a rule book at the reporters’ table.It all happened when the opposition’s motion to send the legislation to a select committee was defeated. But just like the Lok Sabha, the bill sailed through the Upper House amid the protests. It awaits the President’s nod to become a law.
Through the bill, the government is amending both The Representation of...read more