New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved the recommendations of the committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind on One Nation-One Election. The committee recommended holding simultaneous elections across the country in the year 2029.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised One Nation-One Election in the year 2014. But even after 10 years, its path does not seem easy. Let us know what will happen in this matter after getting the approval of the cabinet?

Apart from the Kovind Committee, the Law Commission will also soon present its report on holding simultaneous elections. According to sources, the Law Commission may recommend holding simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and municipalities and panchayats in the year 2029.

Based on the recommendations of the Law Commission and the Kovind Committee, the government will introduce the amendment bill in Parliament.

The Kovind Committee has recommended 18 constitutional amendments. The government will have to bring a bill to amend the Constitution. These amendments must be passed in both houses of Parliament.

Modi government may introduce the bill in the upcoming winter session after getting green signal from the Cabinet to the One Nation-One Election proposal.

After the bill is passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, it will be sent to the President for approval. After getting approval from there, the Election Commission will get the power to conduct simultaneous elections in the entire country in a legal manner.

In a large country like India, the Election Commission will need huge resources to conduct Lok Sabha and Assembly elections along with other elections. Apart from this, a lot of preparations will have to be done. A voter list will have to be prepared. Only after the Election Commission is ready, the dream of One Nation-One Election will be fulfilled by 2029.

The constitutional amendments suggested by the Kovind Committee... most of these do not require the consent of the state assemblies. Because of this, the path of the central government is a little easier.

The Kovind Committee has recommended preparing a uniform voter list and voter ID card. But to make any amendment in this, the consent of at least half of the states of the country will be required.