New Delhi, March 12 -- Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday told a joint parliamentary committee (JPC), which is examining legislation aimed at ushering in simultaneous national and state elections, that the constitutional amendment bill did not take away the people's right to vote but only created a poll schedule.
Panel members also discussed a proposal that said that under the new law, if a no-confidence motion is moved in an assembly, it has to be followed up by a confidence motion to avoid any vacuum, said people aware of the matter.
Gogoi, who was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2020, also admitted that the Election Commission was given excessive power in the Constitution (129th amendment) bill. Gogoi's appearance in...