<span style="color: #222222;">Chief election commissioner OP Rawat has ruled out the possibility of holding simultaneous elections to the state assemblies and Lok Sabha polls anytime soon. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Talking to a group of journalists in Aurangabad, he said, a legal framework is needed to be in place for holding simultaneous polls. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Rawat said, the lawmakers will take at least a year to frame a law that can be enforceable. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This process takes time. As soon as the bill to amend the Constitution is ready, Election Commission will know that things are now moving, he said.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There has been some speculation in the recent weeks that assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram due this year end may be deferred and held simultaneously along with the Lok Sabha elections, scheduled for April-May 2019.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The term of Mizoram assembly will end in December, while that of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in January.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />