The BJP hopes that one-nation, one-election will boost its political prospects.
In the lead-up to five state assembly elections, followed by the crucial Lok Sabha elections, the government’s decision on Friday to establish a committee under the former president Ram Nath Kovind to investigate the viability of simultaneous elections promises to turn the issue, which has long occupied the prime minister, into a significant political plank.
For the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s major initiative to advance his “one-nation, one-election” concept promises to be the big idea that can upend traditional calculations and enable it to frame the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in a way that will be advantageous to it because the party believes the issue has the potential to capture the attention of the general public.
In the lead-up to five state assembly elections, followed by the crucial Lok Sabha elections, the government’s decision on Friday to establish a committee under the former president Ram Nath Kovind to investigate the viability of simultaneous elections promises to turn the issue, which has long occupied the prime minister, into a significant political plank.
Even while no formal agenda for the legislature’s meeting has yet been released, the news that Parliament will be in “special session” from September 18 to 22 has stoked speculation about the prospect of early elections for the Lok Sabha.