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Law Commission, political parties to discuss feasibility of conducting sim
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 2 (ANI): The Law Commission is expected to hold consultations with all major political parties on July 7 and 8 over the feasibility of conducting simultaneous election of both Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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Adityanath favours holding simultaneous polls
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 5 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said he is in favour of the country holding simultaneous elections, i.e. general as well as assembly elections, to ensure development and other welfare projects don't lag behind.
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Jaitley backs notion of conducting simultaneous elections
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 24 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday reiterated the need for simultaneous elections to be conducted in the country, adding that this would be good for India.
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Nepal set to vote for National Assembly, new govt. within a month
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb 7 (ANI): Nepal, which held simultaneous elections last year, is set to vote for one final time, for the upper house on Wednesday, where 52 candidates are vying for the remaining 32 seats in the 59-seat upper parliament.
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Simultaneous elections to LS, state assemblies can reduce inconvenience: P
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jan. 25 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies can reduce inconvenience in terms of expenditure and management.
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Increase Lok Sabha seats, pass women's reservation bill as part of po
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Backing electoral reforms in the Indian political system, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday asked the government to come up with necessary amendments and hold public debates on a set of recommendations proposed by the Election Commission to hold simultan
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PM Modi calls for debate on simultaneous LS-state polls
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a wider public debate on holding simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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JD(S) opposes President Mukherjee's opinion on 'One India One el
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 6 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S) general secretary Danish Ali on Tuesday opposed President Pranab Mukherjee's idea of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, saying that the Lok Sabha issues are entirely different fro
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