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Amit Shah didn't pitch for simultaneous elections in 11 states: BJP
Updated : 7 years, 7 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 elections will bolster democratic structure: Shah to Law Pane
Updated : 7 years, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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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Simultaneous elections will bring stability, save money: Centre
Updated : 7 years, 8 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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Law Commission, political parties to discuss feasibility of conducting sim
Updated : 7 years, 8 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 : 7 years, 9 months 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 7 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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