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
New Delhi: After Congress and Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday strongly opposed the idea of “one nation one election” and said it will “damage the idea of parliamentary democracy”. The INDIA bloc party said holding simultaneous elections will give an “unfair advantage” to the party ruling at the union level. “Aam Aadmi … Read more
The Congress on Friday strongly opposed the “undemocratic” idea of holding simultaneous elections in the country and said it goes against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also demanded that the idea be abandoned and the high-powered committee formed to study it be dissolved. In a … 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
