One Nation, One Election: Centre Forms 8-Member Committee; Names Include Amit Shah, Ghulam Nabi Azad

The committee is set up to?explore the feasibility of 'one nation, one election', a?decision by the Centre that opened the possibility of conducting the Lok Sabha polls with a string of state assembly elections awaited this year.

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Updated on: 2 September 2023 1:10 pm

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The Centre on Saturday formed an?eight-member committee chaired by ex-president Ram Nath Kovind to suggest changes to Constitution for simultaneous polls. It has been reported that the list of the members includes names like?Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, ex-MP Ghulam Nabi Azad and more.

Centre forms eight-member committee to examine ‘one nation, one election’; high-level panel headed by former President Kovind

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The committee is set up to? explore the feasibility of "one nation, one election", a?decision by the Centre that opened the possibility of conducting the Lok Sabha polls with a string of state assembly elections awaited this year.

Notice issued by Ministry of Law and Justice

In view of the aforementioned possibility, two former chief election commissioners today expressed their views and said that the idea of having synchronised polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies was good but a legal framework and roadmap are must to ensure a smooth conduct of the gigantic exercise.