Ahead of special Parliament session, Centre forms committee to explore the possibility of ‘One Nation, One Election’
On Friday, the Central government announced the setting up of a high-level panel to study the proposal of ‘one nation, one election‘. Former president Ram Nath Kovind will head the panel and submit a report on the proposal.
The proposal refers to holding the Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls simultaneously across the country.
The move comes a day after the government called a special session of Parliament between September 18 and 22, the agenda for which is under wraps.
Soon after the announcement of the special session, speculation began over the ‘one nation, one election’ proposal, which a section of the media had reported, could be discussed during the session.
The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have spoken on the issue on several occasions, and it was also a part of the party’s manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Conducting polls simultaneously was the norm in India until 1967 when four elections were held this way. The practice stopped after some state Assemblies were dissolved prematurely in 1968-69.
The Lok Sabha was also, for the first time, dissolved a year ahead of schedule, and mid-term elections were held in 1971.
Assembly polls are due in five states in November-December and they will be followed by the Lok Sabha elections in May-June next year. However, the recent moves by the government have thrown open the possibility of advancing the general elections and some state polls, which are scheduled after and with the Lok Sabha contest.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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