Simultaneous polls: Home Minister Shah, Meghwal to meet Kovind

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah and Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal would meet former president and head of the panel on simultaneous polls Ram Nath Kovind Wednesday afternoon, sources said.

Saturday, the government had notified a high-level committee under Kovind to look into and make recommendations on the issue of holding synchronised polls to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies.

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While Shah is a member of the committee, Meghwal is a special invitee.

Sunday, top law ministry officials had briefed Kovind and had sought to know how he would like to go about the mandate of the committee.

PTI