The Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, emphasised the need for 'One Nation, One Election' during a poll rally in Rajasthan on Sunday. Singh highlighted that this approach would save time and resources for the nation, asserting that the Congress party would be the sole opposition to this idea.

Among the former chief justices of major HCs, nine supported simultaneous elections, highlighting their potential benefits while three raised concerns or objections. Former Delhi High Court chief justice Ajit Prakash Shah opposed the concept of simultaneous elections, noting it may curb democratic expression along with concerns about distorted voting patterns and state-level political alterations.

The submission of the One Nation One Election report to President Droupadi Murmu by the high-level committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind marks a watershed moment in India's democratic landscape, hailed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

The committee chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind will likely recommend a concrete model for One Nation, One Election today to President Droupadi Murmu for setting up a synchronised poll formula for India.

Chief Minister M K Stalin moved the resolution, besides another one urging the Central government not to refrain from implementing the proposed delimitation exercise post-2026, which is based on the census.

The meeting comes days after CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who was part of the delegation, in a letter to the panel had raised objections to the idea of ‘One Nation, One Election’, saying it “runs against both the letter and spirit of our Constitution”.

"I have cancelled my New Delhi trip... The state budget will be presented in the assembly on February 8, and there are only two days to go. In this situation, I had to call off the visit," Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has already written to the committee and she is also coming to attend the meeting tomorrow that nothing will be accepted by our state at least on this issue, said TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray.

The remarks of the AAP, a constituent of the INDIA bloc, came a day after the Congress, also part of the same grouping, strongly opposed the idea of holding simultaneous elections in the country.

The chief minister said that conducting Lok Sabha and state assembly polls simultaneously would be against the basic structure of India's constitutional arrangements.