Ballot paper issue beyond your scope: Centre tells Parliamentary panel on simultaneous polls debate
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Ballot paper issue beyond your scope: Centre tells Parliamentary panel on simultaneous polls debate

Hindustan Times  

The question of reverting to ballot papers does not fall under the ambit of the mandate of a joint committee of Parliament examining the two bills on simultaneous polls, the Union law ministry is learnt to have said. The Union law ministry said it was "out of scope" of the parliamentary panel to suggest the use of the ballot paper system. The ministry is learnt to have said it was "out of scope" of the parliamentary panel to suggest the use of the ballot paper system, according to sources. While the Constitution Bill lays down a legal framework to hold the Lok Sabha and assembly polls together, the Union Territories Laws Bill seeks to align the terms of legislative assemblies of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir to hold joint elections. "Due to the ongoing cycle of elections in various parts of the country, political parties, their leaders, legislators and both state and central governments often focus their efforts on preparing for upcoming elections rather than prioritising governance," it said, citing the "rationale" for holding simultaneous polls as recommended by the panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind.

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