New Delhi: A day after it announced a special session of the Parliament from September 18 to 22, the Centre has set up a committee to study the ‘one nation, one election’ proposal, and submit a report. The panel will be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind.
‘One nation, one election’ refers to holding the Lok Sabha and state assembly polls simultaneously across the country. The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have spoken on the issue on several occasions, and it was also a part of the party’s manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
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