Ready for simultaneous Assembly, Lok Sabha polls by 2018: EC
The Election Commission (EC) will be ready to hold state Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously after September 2018, Election Commissioner OP Rawat said on Wednesday. Adding that the government had already sanctioned the required funds, he said, "We required â¹3,400 crore for VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) and â¹12,000 crore for EVMs". 