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Union House Minister Amit Shah
The federal government on Saturday notified an eight-member high-level committee to look at and make suggestions on the earliest on the problem of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.
The committee will likely be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind and could have House Minister Amit Shah, Congress chief in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former chief of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and former Finance Fee chairman N Ok Singh as members.
The panel, which can start functioning instantly and make suggestions on the earliest, may even have former Lok Sabha Secrertary Basic Subhash C Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari as members.
Legislation Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will attend the conferences of the committee as a particular invitee, whereas Authorized Affairs Secretary Niten Chandra will likely be secretary to the panel.
The committee will study and suggest particular amendments to the Structure, the Illustration of the Folks Act and every other legal guidelines and guidelines which might require amendments for the aim of holding simultaneous elections.
It is going to additionally study and suggest, if the amendments to the Structure would require ratification by the States.
The committee may even analyse and suggest doable options to eventualities equivalent to hung Home, adoption of no-confidence movement, or defection or any such different occasion in case of simultaneous elections.
The committee will hear and entertain all individuals, representations and communications which in its opinion can facilitate its work and allow it to finalise its suggestions.
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First Revealed: Sep 02 2023 | 7:05 PM IST
