ON THE EVE of a special discussion on the Constitution in Parliament, the Union Cabinet on Thursday set in motion the process to implement simultaneous elections by approving two Bills — a Constitutional amendment Bill to enable joint elections to the Lok Sabha and all State Assemblies, and an ordinary Bill to align Assembly elections in the Union Territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir.
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