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New Delhi: The Election Commission would require an estimated Rs 10,000 crore every 15 years to procure new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) if simultaneous polls are held for...

India News: The Election Commission estimates that Rs 10,000 crore would be required every 15 years for new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) if simultaneous polls are conducted. The Commission highlighted the need for additional polling and security personnel, enhanced storage facilities for EVMs, and more vehicles. The first simultaneous elections can only be held in 2029, and constitutional amendments would be required.

"The Indian National Congress is strongly opposed to the very idea of 'One Nation, One Election'. For the sake of maintaining a thriving and a robust democracy, it is imperative that the entire idea must be abandoned and the high-powered committee dissolved," Kharge said in his letter to Niten Chandra, the secretary of the committee. �� One Nation, One Election Against Basic Structure, Dissolve High-Powered Committee, Says Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharg...

The Mallikarjun Kharge-led Congress demanded that the idea of one nation, one election be abandoned and the high-powered panel formed to study it be dissolved. | Latest News India

The committee has so far held two meetings since it was constituted in September last year. It had recently written to political parties seeking their views and an interaction on a "mutually agreed date" on the idea of holding simultaneous polls. It had later sent a reminder to the parties. Letters were sent to six national parties, 33 state parties and seven registered unrecognised parties.

The committee had earlier this month written to former Chief Election Commissioners seeking their views on the matter, and also opened a window for the public to send in suggestions from January 5 to January 15.

Ram Nath Kovind-led committee on One Nation, One Election will intensify its efforts as the time for political parties to submit their views is ending. The committee is likely to hold informal meetings and discuss the responses received from the public and political parties. Most political parties have opposed simultaneous polls, while the majority of public responses are in favor.

Former President Ram Nath Kovinds One Nation, One Election panel has received over 5,000 public suggestions on simultaneous polls. The high-level committee has held two meetings and written to political parties seeking their views on the idea. Letters were sent to six national parties, 33 state parties, and seven registered unrecognised parties.

The One Nation, One Election panel, led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, seeks public suggestions for potential changes in the legal framework to facilitate simultaneous elections in India. The committee, in a public notice, invites input until January 15, emphasizing that received suggestions will be considered. The committee previously sought views from political parties and engaged with the Law Commission on the matter.

The high-level committee has invited public suggestions "for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country." �� One Nation, One Election: Former President Ram Nath Kovind-led Committee Invites Public Suggestions, Check Deadline and Other Details Here.