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New Delhi: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation, One Election (ONOE), chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, on Thursday heard detailed presentations from economists Arvind Panagariya and Surjit Bhalla, both of whom strongly argued in favour of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

Panagariya, Chairman, 16th Finance Commission at the key meeting highlighted that India witnesses 13 rounds of elections in a five-year cycle, with one held on average every 4.5 months.

He recalled that during the 1957 polls, the Constitution framers had allowed premature dissolution of certain Assemblies to hold simultaneous elections with the Lok Sabha.

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