NEW DELHI: Days after a fresh push by the Prime Minister on simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls, Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat today had a word of caution saying, the legal framework required to hold the two elections together will take a “lot of time” to get ready.
Rawat, who took over as the CEC today, said he would be the wrong person to respond as to whether simultaneous polls could be held in 2019.
“We cannot put the cart before the horse. Logistical issues are subservient to legal framework. Unless legal framework is in place, we don’t have to talk about anything else because legal framework will take lot of time — making constitutional amendment to (changing) the law — all the process will take time,” he said.
He said once the legal framework is ready, the EC will deliver. (AGENCIES)
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