Parl to consider amendments to RPI Act, Constitution, for simultaneous

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday submitted that it is for the Parliament to consider amendments to the Constitution and Representation of the People Act (RPI) for simultaneous elections to be conducted in the country.

The submissions came during the hearing of a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to ECI to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections to the Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies simultaneously in order to save money and manpower.

Advocate Sidhant Kumar counsel for the ECI submitted that it is for the Parliament to look

polls: ECI

the submissions, the Delhi High Court asked the EC to look into the representation made by a petitioner.

The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad today said, “We know our limitation, the prayer sought in the petition completely falls under the Election Commission domain. We are not lawmakers.” into the matter and submitted that it is for the Parliament to consider amendments to the Constitution and the RPI for simultaneous elections to be conducted in the country.

Advocate Kumar also objected to the petitioner’s prayer seeking direc-

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT tion to ECI to ascertain the feasibility of conducting elections on Saturday, Sunday and holidays and said, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has already held that the schedule of elections is the sole discretion of the ECI.

After taking note of

The petitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader stated before the court that there are many advantages to holding the Lok Sabha, Assembly, Panchayat and Municipal elections together.