Discussion in country gaining momentum for having simultaneous polls: Modi

Prime Minister said that people from all walks of life across the country have come in support of those whose lives were devastated in the massive floods

Days after the Election Commission ruled out the possibility of holding both Lok Sabha and Assembly polls simultaneously, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the issue of was gaining momentum as people were sharing their views on it.

"A discussion in the country is gaining momentum for having simultaneous polls in states and Centre. People are sharing their views for and against. It is good sign for healthy democracy," Modi said in the 47th edition of his monthly radio programme, "Mann Ki Baat".

He also said that late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee brought fundamental reforms in the electoral