Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The idea of simultaneous elections is not new. The present committee, headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind, will be the fourth to examine the possibility of simultaneous elections.
Earlier, the prospect was discussed by the Law Commission, Niti Aayog, and a parliamentary standing committee.
The members of the committee headed by Kovind include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former Rajya Sabha LoP Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Commission Chairman NK Singh, former Secretary-General Lok Sabha Subhash C Kashyap, Senior Advocate Harish Salve and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari.
“Right now, only a committee has been constituted to discuss the topic,” Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi said, asking the Opposition not to push the panic button.
Once the committee comes up with a report, it will be placed in the public domain and a discussion will be held. When the report comes to Parliament, it will be discussed there. “Democracy is about evolution; India is the mother of democracy. This is part of evolution,” Joshi said.
