Former President of India Ram Nath Kovind: Twitter/@ramnathkovind.
Former President Ram Nath Kovind will chair the primary official assembly of the One Nation One Election Committee as we speak in New Delhi.
Panel members that embody the names of Union House Minister Amit Shah, former Chief of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Fee Chairman N Ok Singh, former Lok Sabha Secretary Normal Subhash C Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve, and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari, will most certainly focus on the feasibility of simultaneous elections and advocate methods to sort out conditions like a hung meeting or adoption of a no-confidence movement.
Aside from this, the committee will counsel a framework and a time restrict round which the elections will be carried out within the nation.
Final month, the central authorities bolstered its push for ‘One Nation, One Election’ by constituting a panel to discover its feasibility in India.
If the federal government goes forward with the plan, India will see simultaneous polls throughout states. The proposal states that elections for Lok Sabha and all state assemblies must be held on the similar time.
Political strategist Prashant Kishor had mentioned that the concept of ‘One Nation, One Election’ will be within the “interest of India” offered that it’s completed with “correct intentions.”
“If this is done with the correct intentions and there be a transition phase of 4-5 years, then it is in the interest of the country. This was once in effect in the country for 17-18 years,” Kishor mentioned.