President favours ‘one India, one election’ idea
President Pranab Mukherjee has backed PM Narendra Modi's idea to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. “With some election or the other throughout the year, normal activities of the government come to a standstill because of code of conduct,” said Mukherjee. Notably, General and assembly polls were held at the same time between 1951 and 1967.