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Simultaneous elections 'desirable goals', says CEC Sunil Arora
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Thursday said that simultaneous elections are "desirable goals", but for that, the political system of the country will have to take steps to align the life of a state assembly with the life of Parliament.
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Haryana ready for simultaneous elections: Khattar
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 28 (ANI): Batting for the One Nation One Election system, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the state is ready for simultaneous elections to the Assembly and Lok Sabha if the Election Commission of India decides to implement the same.
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Law Commission backs simultaneous elections proposal
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Favouring the idea of holding simultaneous elections, the Law Commission in its draft report to the Central government recommended amendments in the Constitution and the electoral law to hold polls collectively for the House of the People and the State Legisl
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Amit Shah didn't pitch for simultaneous elections in 11 states: BJP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday refuted the reports of its party president Amit Shah recommending the Election Commission to conduct simultaneous elections in 11 states next year.
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Simultaneous election right in theory but not possible now: Nitish Kumar
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India] August 14 (ANI): 'One election, One nation' is theoretically correct but viably impossible option, said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday.
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Simultaneous elections will bolster democratic structure: Shah to Law Pane
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) National President Amit Shah on Monday wrote a detailed letter to Law Commission Chairman Balbir Singh Chauhan, presenting the thorough views of his party on the issue of simultaneous elections in the country.
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JD(U) favours simultaneous elections
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 8 (ANI): The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday supported simultaneous elections of Lok Sabha and State assemblies, saying the procedure would help curb black money and excessive expenditure.
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Simultaneous elections a herculean task: TDP
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 8 (ANI): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) opined that the conducting Lok Sabha and State assembly elections would be a "herculean task"
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SP, TRS in favour of simultaneous elections, DMK opposes
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI) Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) and K. Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have backed the Law Commission of India's proposal to hold simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.
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Swamy backs simultaneous elections
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 08 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday backed the idea of having simultaneous elections in the country while saying that it was up to opposition parties whether they wanted to support it or not.
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Polls to be conducted as per current system: CEC on simultaneous election
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) will continue to conduct elections under the under the provisions of Constitution of India and Representation of People Act.
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Simultaneous elections will bring stability, save money: Centre
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 3 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said simultaneous elections will bring stability in the electoral process of the nation and save public money.
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