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Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will attend the meetings of the committee as a special invitee, while Legal Affairs Secretary Niten Chandra will be secretary to the panel

The committee is instructed to also examine and recommend if the amendments to the Constitution would require ratification by States.

The panel will examine possibilities of holding simultaneous polls

The Centre has formed an 8-member high-level committee (HLC) for simultaneous elections, including leaders from ruling and opposition parties, retired bureaucrats, and a constitutional expert. The committee will examine the feasibility of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, municipalities, and panchayats.

India News: The chairman of the committee is former President Ram Nath Kovind. The high-level panel on simultaneous elections will primarily examine and make reco

What is the rationale behind 'One Nation, One Election'? Why have some regional parties spoken against it? We explain.

Taking a big step forward on the 'one nation, one election' proposal, the Centre has set up a committee to study the issue and submit a report.

India News: NEW DELHI: Two former chief election commissioners on Friday said the idea of having synchronised polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies was good but.

One of the former CECs said for the Election Commission, simultaneous elections are both convenient and logical. But many argue that frequent elections are not so bad after all. "The festival of democracy is the festival of the poor as the vote is arguably the only power they have," said S Y Quraishi, who headed the poll panel between July 30, 2010 and June 10, 2012.

The first challenge in altering the tenure of the Lok Sabha or state Assembly to allow simultaneous polls is the constitutionally fixed limit of a five-year term.