Cabinet approves 'One Nation, One Election' Bill, likely to be tabled in winter session: Sources

The Modi Cabinet on Thursday approved the crucial 'One Nation, One Election' Bill which is likely to be tabled in the ongoing Winter Session, said the sources. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has termed as "historic" the idea of the 'one nation, one election', and claimed that the move will be cost-effective and governance-friendly. On several occasions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi



hailed the concept of holding simultaneous polls, asserting it's the need of the hour.

Earlier in September, the Union Cabinet accepted the recommendations of a high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner after a countrywide consensus-building exercise.