Janata Dal (United) backs Centre’s ‘one nation one election’ plan

New Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) [JD-U], which recently returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold, has supported the idea of ‘one-nation-one-election’ but stated that it does not want local body polls to be synchronised together.

A delegation of JanataDal (United) presented a memorandum in support of holding simultaneous elections (PTI Photo)

A JD(U) delegation comprising former JD(U) national president and parliamentary party leader Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and the party’s national general secretary Sanjay Jha met with former president Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday and submitted a memorandum to the high-level committee in support of holding simultaneous elections.