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New Delhi: Over five years before being tasked with the responsibility to explore the feasibility of 'one nation, one election', Ram Nath Kovind as the

Frequent elections not only impose a huge burden on human resources but also impede the development process due to the promulgation of the model code of conduct. Therefore, a sustained debate is required on the subject of simultaneous elections and all political parties need to arrive at a consensus on this issue, he had said.

Mumbai, Sep 1 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday lauded the idea of ‘one nation, one election’ and said it was in the interest of the country.

In his address to the first joint sitting of Parliament after the election of the 17th Lok Sabha, Mr Kovind made a strong pitch for 'One Nation, Simultaneous Elections'.

Holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and all assemblies would need any no-confidence motion to be coupled with a 'confidence motion' by a leader proposed as next prime minister or chief minister.

India News: The BJP-led government in India has formed a committee under former president Ram Nath Kovind to work on a legislation for 'one nation, one election'.

Opposition criticises move, Minister Pralhad Joshi says panel will seek opinion, report will go to House

Continuous elections have allowed regional political parties to prosper and regional aspirations to matter at the national democratic stage, thereby strengthening democracy in India.

If simultaneous elections are held, Indian politics will come to be dominated by the national parties

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar will examine on Monday seven petitions, including one by Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh, seeking a review of the court’s majority verdict upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on individual privacy to fulfil the government’s “legitimate aim” to provide dignity to the poor. Konchok Stanzin, a councillor from Chushul in eastern Ladakh said Chinese infrastructure that could not be seen from border vi...