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One Nation, One Election : Committee Headed By Ex President, Will Invite Political Parties, Law Commission To Know Their Views

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A high-level committee on simultaneous elections headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind held its first meeting and decided to invite political parties and the Law Commission to seek their views on holding synchronised polls in the country, a statement said.

According to a report by PTI, Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, former Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Commission chairman N K Singh, former Lok Sabha secretary general Subhash C Kashyap and former chief vigilance commissioner Sanjay Kothari attended the meeting.

The committee, the statement said, decided to invite recognised national parties, parties having governments in states, those having their representatives in Parliament, other recognised state parties “for seeking suggestions/view points on the issue of simultaneous elections in the country”.

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