దేశవ్యాప్తంగా ఒకేసారి ఎన్నికలు, మోదీ మాస్టర్ ప్లాన్ || Simultaneous elections: Modi master plan ||

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దేశవ్యాప్తంగా ఒకేసారి ఎన్నికలు, మోదీ మాస్టర్ ప్లాన్ || Simultaneous elections: Modi master plan ||
One Nation One Election: Constitutional Questions and BJP's Newfound Urgency
The move must be seen in a context in which the pluralistic character of India's society and polity is under attack.
The Union cabinet yesterday approved a high-level committee's recommendations on One Nation One Election, paving the way for an ambitious plan to hold simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies across the country.

The move, however, must go through several constitutional and political hurdles. Notwithstanding such challenges, the grand plan is a calculated strategy of the Modi-led BJP to drive the nation’s electoral landscape into its ideological contours.

It is fraught with ominous consequences for India’s democratic polity despite loud claims of purported benefits.
In fact, simultaneous elections to Parliament and state legislatures are nothing new to Indian democracy because they were held until 1967 when the Congress party was in power. The premature dissolution of some assemblies and the subsequent advancement of the general election in 1971, after the Congress party split, led to separate elections for the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies.
Even the demand for ONOE is not new. It was proposed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in 1983, and by the Law Commission in 1999. While the NITI Aayog in 2017 pitched for two-phased Lok Sabha and assembly elections, the 21st Law Commission has also called for ONOE.
https://www.thequint.com/opinion/one-...