Shah & Meghwal meet Kovind, talk roadmap on 'one nation, one poll'

DAYS after the Centre notified a high-level committee to examine and make recommendations on holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies, home minister Amit Shah and law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday called on former president Ram Nath Kovind who heads the panel.

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The ministers are believed to have discussed convening the first meeting of the panel at the earliest and preparing a roadmap for the committee, according to sources. The meeting lasted for nearly an hour, said people familiar with the development.

Sources said the leaders termed the meeting as a 'courtesy call' and said meetings in future could also be held in hybrid mode. The committee is expected to begin work immediately and submit its recommendations "at the earliest".

On Sunday, senior law ministry officials had briefed Kovind and held discussions on the way forward and his views about the mandate of the committee. While the law minister is a special invitee to the eightmember committee, the law secretary has been nominated as a secretary to it.