The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday unanimously approved the ambitious one nation, one election plan that will enable simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state legislative Assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.

The Cabinet also cleared the idea of common electoral rolls for elections to all tiers of the government and a single election identity card.

The approval came a day after Home Minister Amit Shah announced that one nation, one election agenda would be implemented in “this very term of the Modi government”.

The Cabinet, however, while accepting simultaneous poll recommendations of the high-level committee, led by former President Ram Nath Kovind, did not fix any timeline for the transition.

Asked if the proposal would be in place by 2029 national elections, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government would first create a consensus on the committee’s recommendations and once the legal processes were over, a decision on the date for the transition would be taken.