India Panel Calls for Simultaneous Local and National Polls.

MODI, Narendra, 1950-; WHATSAPP Inc.; BHARATIYA Janata Party; BUSINESS & politics; FEDERAL government; LOCAL elections; VOTER registration; VOTING registers

An Indian government panel has suggested that national and state elections should be held simultaneously in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The panel's recommendations, which would require changes to the Constitution, were presented in a report to President Droupadi Murmu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party have long advocated for simultaneous elections, but the opposition argues that it would undermine democracy. The panel also proposed that local council elections be held within 100 days of national elections, and that fresh elections be conducted if a government collapses. [Extracted from the article]

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