As the cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday adopted the report submitted by the panel of Ram Nath Kovind on ‘One Nation, One Election’, the opposition parties were quick to express their displeasure over the plan. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that the government’s plan for one single election ‘cannot work in … Read more
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday moved two resolutions in the Tamil Nadu assembly, one that spoke against the ‘One Nation, One Election’ policy and the second against delimitation based on a fresh census. ‘One Nation, One Election’ is a proposal of the Indian government that aims to simultaneously conduct elections for … Read more
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has written to the panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’ saying it was not correct from a federal structure point of view and questioned if India was heading towards a presidential form through this concept. Underlining that the simultaneous polls would be against the basic structure … Read more
The panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’ led by former president Ram Nath Kovind has invited suggestions from the public “for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country”. In a public notice, the high-level committee said the suggestions received by January 15 would be taken up … Read more
