New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday wrote to Parliamentary Committee on the 'Feasibility of Holding Simultaneous Elections to Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies'. The party said that it does not have problem with having and conducting elections together.
The BJP has agreed to having state and Lok Sabha elections together.
The Committee had asked for recommendation of all parties.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier suggested the idea of holding simultaneous elections to panchayat bodies, assemblies and Parliament at a meeting of BJP national office-bearers and state unit chiefs on March 19.
According to party sources, the Prime Minister had expressed his concern over time and money being spent on these elections separately.
He told the party leaders that these elections come with a 'model code of conduct' which not only put all development programmes and activities on hold but also affects the pace of governance.
The idea of holding polls together was first floated ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in the BJP manifesto.
In December 2015, the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice too had suggested of holding polls together. "A solution will be found to reduce the frequency of elections which relieve people and government machinery, tired of frequent electoral processes", it said.
According the Election Commission nearly Rs 4,500 crore is usually required to conduct Lok Sabha and assemblies elections.
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