The panel met former CECs Sushil Chandra and OP Rawat this week. The full panel meeting is expected in a week to discuss feedback received so far from experts , political parties and general public . It has also sought the views of the EC.
The high-level committee, set up by the Law Ministry in September 2023, last week wrote to former CECs seeking their inputs on the administrative and legal aspects, according to two sources aware of the development.
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One of the former CECs said for the Election Commission, simultaneous elections are both convenient and logical. But many argue that frequent elections are not so bad after all. "The festival of democracy is the festival of the poor as the vote is arguably the only power they have," said S Y Quraishi, who headed the poll panel between July 30, 2010 and June 10, 2012.