<span style="color: #222222;">Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat today said&nbsp;simultaneous elections are not possible without a legal framework as any extension or curtailment of the term of assemblies will require a constitutional amendment. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Rawat told media in New Delhi that</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">the logistics arrangements with regard to 100 per cent availability of VVPATs will be a constraint. He added that the Commission had given inputs and suggestions in 2015 with regards to other requirements of additional police force and polling personnel for simultaneous polls.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He added that the poll panel will continue to deliver its responsibility of conducting elections whenever term of the state assemblies come to an end. His remarks came a day after the BJP made a fresh push to hold Lok Sabha and assembly polls together.&nbsp;</span><br />''&nbsp;
News On AIR | August 14, 2018 9:21 PM
Simultaneous polls not possible without legal framework: Chief Election Commissioner