Nitish favours simultaneous elections
Patna Sep 18 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi s stand on holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies.
"I favour and support in principle a synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country " Nitish Kumar told the media here.
He said elections to Panchayats and urban local bodies should also be conducted along with the two-phase elections. "It will save unnecessary expenditure."
Bihar s next assembly polls are due in 2020.
The Janata Dal-United leader who nearly two months ago dumped the Grand Alliance and joined hands with the BJP to form a new government said it was unfair to put the people in election mode repeatedly.
Early this month the JD-U said it was ready for mid-term assembly polls along with the Lok Sabha polls in 2019.
The last Bihar assembly polls were held in 2015.
--IANS
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