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Democracy at risk or step forward? Top lawyers weigh in on One Nation One Poll

Simultaneous Poll Panel to Invite Political Parties, Law Commission for Views on ONOE

NEW DELHI: A high-level committee on simultaneous elections headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind held its first meeting on Saturday and decided to invite political parties and the Law Commission to seek their views on holding synchronised polls in the country, a statement said. Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, former Leader of the Opposition in …

Hyderabad :Senior Congress leader and CWC member P. Chidambaram came down hard on the BJP’s One-Nation One-Poll plan, terming it an assault on the Constitution. It requires five constitutional amendments and the BJP doesn’t have the strength to pass the Bills,” Chidambaram said on the sidelines of the CWC meeting on Saturday. Criticising the handling of the Manipur situation, Chidambaram …

Hyderabad: The ‘one nation, one poll’ proposal is against the parliamentary system and will lead to a presidential form of governance, contends TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy. “This is inimical to the interests of the states and south India, especially, will lose out in such a scenario,” said the Lok Sabha member, while speaking to the media here on Sunday. …

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