Question

Discuss advantages and disadvantages of taking the Loksabha and Assembly polls simultaneously.

Answer 1

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The Election Commission of India recently announced that it would be ‘logistically equipped’ to hold simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and State Assemblies by the end of 2018. The announcement has come at a time when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP have been pushing for simultaneous polls. Earlier, the Union Government had asked the Election Commission about the requirements that will make it capable of holding the Parliamentary and Assembly polls together. In response, the Election Commission had asked for funds to purchase new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines.