The high-level committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind has recommended simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies as the first step and hold municipal and panchayat polls within 100 days of the general election in the next phase.
The committee on March 14 submitted its report, running into more than 18,000 pages, to President Droupadi Murmu. However, the report that has been put in the public domain is a 321-page one.
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