The theme was first mentioned in the BJP’s 2014 manifesto and was later voiced by both Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.
The debate around ‘one nation one election’ has been going around for a while now. So what exactly does it mean?
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It basically means that elections for the Lok Sabha and all the state legislatures shall be held at the same time.
One of the main proponents of this concept is that the idea is supported by the current President Shri Ram Nath Kovind as well as the former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee.
Former chief election commissioner T S Krishnamurthy Tuesday said the ‘one nation one election’ idea is very attractive but cannot be put into practice without a Constitutional amendment providing for a fixed tenure for legislatures.
One nation, one election or simultaneous polls is an idea that has run into rough weather ever since it was mooted in the Modi government’s previous term.
BJP president Amit Shah wrote to the Law Commission of India in support of simultaneous polls. He argued that the country was perpetually in election mode, resulting in a lack of adequate focus on governance. His second argument was that scattered polling led to extra expenditure.
First, a ‘motion for an early general election must be agreed to by at least two-thirds of all members of the House.’ Secondly, ‘a no-confidence motion must be passed by the House, and with no alternative government being confirmed within 14 days of passing a confidence motion.’
The idea of holding simultaneous polls is not new. India’s first four elections, beginning in the year of 1952 to 1970, i.e. 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967, were actually ‘one nation, one election’ before the fourth Lok Sabha had to be dissolved prematurely.
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