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One nation, one election in national interest, nothing to do with any party: Kovind
Nov-21-2023

Former president Ram Nath Kovind, who heads the committee to explore the possibility of ‘one nation, one election’, has stated that holding simultaneous polls is in the national interest and not linked to any political party. 

Addressing reporters in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli yesterday, Kovind said, ‘If implemented, the party which is in power at the Centre will benefit, be it the BJP or the Congress or any other party. There is no discrimination.’ He said that the biggest beneficiaries will be the common people as the revenue saved will be utilised for development works. Kovind said he spoke to all the national parties and sought their suggestions on simultaneous elections. He asserted that every political party supported it ‘at some point of time’. He has also requested all the political parties to cooperate as this move is beneficial to the public.

The government had set up an eight-member high-level committee on September 2, headed by Ram Nath Kovind, to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats. The committee includes Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, 15th Finance Commission Chairman N K Singh, former Lok Sabha Secretary General Subhash C Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari.


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