The Law Ministry today notified the formation of the high-level committee to look at holding simultaneous elections under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind. Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress's Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Harish Salve are in the eight-member committee. They will check whether amendments to the Constitution would need ratification by the states, and the feasibility of holding not only Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously, but also elections to municipalities and panchayats.
