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A high level committee led by former Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday submitted its report on One Nation, One Election agenda to President Droupadi Mumru...
The report comprises 18,626 pages, and is an outcome of consultations with stakeholders, experts and research work of 191 days, since its constitution on September 2, 2023...
In case of hung House, no-confidence motion, fresh polls can be held for remainder of five-year termSimultaneous polls to Lok Sabha, assemblies can be held in 1st step, followed by local body polls within 100 days in 2nd stepFor first simultaneous polls, tenure of all state assemblies can be for period ending up to subsequent Lok Sabha electionsAdvance planning for equipments, manpower and security forces for holding simultaneous pollsEC to prepare single electoral roll, voter ID cards in consultation with state poll authorities for Lok Sabha, assembly, local body polls..
Set up in September 2023, the Kovind-led committee is tasked with assessing and proposing strategies for conducting concurrent elections for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats, while considering the current constitutional framework...
The panel also has members including Home Minister Amit Shah, former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Commission chairman N K Singh, former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash Kashyap and senior advocate Harish Salve...
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