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In a video shared by news agency ANI, Kishor reminisced about how India saw simultaneous elections for 18 years after attaining independence until 1967. The former leader of the Janta Dal also explained how holding Lok Sabha and state assembly elections at the same time could prove beneficial for India.
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History tells us that simultaneous polls were not a conscious choice, but the result of post-Independence circumstances. Indians chose to de-cluster elections when they matured politically and looked beyond one-party dominance. Perhaps, the high-level committee should not ask people to step back in time.
In principle, the idea of simultaneous elections is great for any democracy. But the exceptional challenges of diversity, vast population and political considerations make the concept almost impossible to implement
The Central Government's constitution of a committee to be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of ‘one nation, one poll’ has brought the issue of simultaneous polls...