YSR Congress, the main opposition party in Andhra Pradesh, today supported the idea of holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies, listing an equal number of advantages and disadvantages and also various challenges.
It said the 'disadvantages and challenges' need to be addressed holistically, including by amending the Constitution as necessary, by evolving a consensus so as to convert them into advantages.
YSRC's Rajya Sabha member V Vijayasai Reddy and Leader of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Ummareddy Venkateswarlu, presented the party's stand in a nine page letter to the Law Commission, listing the advantages, disadvantages and challenges involved, a party release here said.
The YSRC apprehended that simultaneous elections might reduce the importance of state elections and adversely affect the regional parties.
"There is a possibility this perception may be true
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