The government has moved to increase the strength of the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections from 31 MPs to 39, giving representation to more parties. The list of Lok Sabha MPs proposed by the government now includes one member each from the Shiv Sena, CPI and the Lok Janshakti Party, besides two …
The Union cabinet has accepted the recommendations of the ‘One nation, one election’ report prepared by the Ramnath Kovind Committee. Logistically, a unified election cycle would reduce the strain on the government and security machinery that are moved away from their primary responsibilities for election duty. However, a large number of regional political parties have expressed their opposition to the …
Late-night talks between the ruling alliance and Khan’s party, however, end without any agreement on an election date. The late Tuesday night talks between the ruling Pakistan Democratic Movement and former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, however, ended without any agreement on a poll date. The two sides held the negotiations after Pakistan’s Supreme Court last month ordered the …
The ministry of law and justice on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that simultaneous elections to the Parliament and legislative assemblies would result in “huge saving to the public exchequer, avoidance of replication of effort on part of administrative and law and order machinery in holding repeated elections and bring considerable savings to political parties and candidates in their election …
