Parliament Winter Session, One Nation, One Election Bill LIVE Updates: Simultaneous polls could become a reality in India as the BJP-led central government is set to table the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill in Lok Sabha today, December 17.

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will present before the house two landmark bills, including the ONOP Bill, officially titled The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and The Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill.

The ONOP Bill aims to synchronise the tenures of the Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections, while the other bill proposes similar amendments for Delhi and other Union Territory Assemblies, according to a government statement.

ONOP has been a long-standing poll promise of the BJP-led NDA, which is expected to take shape and come into effect in the coming years. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is likely to refer the newly-tabled bills to a Joint Committee of Parliament for wider consultations, said sources.

Meanwhile, the opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, Akhilesh Yadav and MK Stalin have opposed the idea of simultaneous polls, calling the bill a move towards making of “authoritarian democracy.”