The assembly will happen a day after the conclusion of the five-day particular session of Parliament. Earlier this month, the Centre had introduced that an eight-member committee has been constituted to study ‘one nation, one election’ idea.
Former President Ram Nath Kovind, who chairs the ‘one nation, one election’ committee, on Saturday stated that its first assembly will happen on September 23. The former President confirmed the event to the media.
The assembly will happen a day after the conclusion of the five-day particular session of Parliament. Earlier this month, the Centre had introduced that an eight-member committee has been constituted to study ‘one nation, one election’ idea.
Besides Kovind and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the federal government had named Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former Rajya Sabha LoP Ghulam Nabi Azad, former chairman of the fifteenth Finance Commission N.Ok Singh, former Secretary General of Lok Sabha Subhash Kashyap as its members,
Senior advocate Harish Salve and former Chief vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari are additionally on the panel. However, Chowdhury declined an invite to be an element. The committee will look into the feasibility of holding not solely the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections concurrently, but additionally polls to municipalities and panchayats, in accordance to the gazette notification.
The committee will analyse and advocate doable options linked to simultaneous elections if there’s a hung home, no-confidence movement, defection, or any such different occasion. A single electoral roll and id card for voters legitimate for the nationwide, state, civic physique and panchayat elections will be explored, the federal government stated within the notification.
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