Centre forms 8-member panel for ‘one nation, one election’

 NEW DELHI: The government has formed an eight-member committee to examine 'One Nation, One election' with former President Ram Nath Kovind as its chairman and Home Minister Amit Shah and others as its members.

The government said that an eight-member committee has been constituted to examine 'One Nation, One Election'.

It said that Kovind has been appointed Chairman of the committee, while Shah, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Former Rajya Sabha LoP Ghulam Nabi Azad, and others have been appointed as members of the committee.

Former chairman of the 15th Finance Commission N.K. Singh, former Secy General of the Lok Sabha Subhash Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve, and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari are the other names on the eight-member panel.

According to the gazette notification, the committee will look into the feasibility of holding not only Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously but also elections to municipalities and panchayats.

The committee will analyse and recommend possible solutions linked to simultaneous elections if there is a hung house, no-confidence motion, defection, or any such other event.

A single electoral roll and identity card for voters valid for the national, state, civic body, and panchayat elections will be explored, the government said in the notification.

On many occasions, the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have made statements on the need for 'One Nation, One Election'. (IANS)

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