Why Modi is trying to change the way India votes - India's governing BJP says it is pushing ahead with a plan to tear up the schedule of state elections and make everyone vote at the same time once every five years.

The Union Cabinet agreed on Wednesday, September 18, to the recommendations of the high-level committee led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, fulfilling the BJP's long-standing 'One Nation, One Election' manifesto pledge.

India's cabinet has accepted a recommendation to hold simultaneous elections to state assemblies and the national parliament, the information minister said on Wednesday, a move pushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve governance.

The Modi government has finally paved the way for the much-anticipated ‘One Nation, One Election’. According to various media reports, the ONOP Bill is expected to be introduced in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.

TDP, which had not clarified its stand on the issue earlier, on Wednesday supported the move, but with a rider that its benefits need to be evaluated.

The panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha elections.