New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has declined to be part of the eight-member committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to examine whether India can hold state and Parliamentary elections together, media reports said.
New Delhi: The government on Saturday named Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Home Minister Amit Shah, and former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad among members to the High Level Committee (HLC) to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.
President Kovind backs PM Modi's 'One Nation One Poll' plan
New Delhi, June 20 (UNI): Endorsing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project of holding of Simultaneous Elections, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said such a new changeover in the country's electoral system is the need of the hour and that this would facilitate "accelerated development", thereby benefiting the country.
Mamata, Mayawati to skip PM Modi's 'One Nation One Poll' meeting today
New Delhi, Jun 19 (IBNS): Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati- the chiefs of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) respectively- will on Wednesday skip Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting where the possibility of simultaneous polls will be discussed, media reports said.