The whole political environment of our country changed on Thursday, when the centre government called for a special parliament session from September 18 to 22. This special session of parliament has created a mystery all around the country and among the common public. Speculations are there that the BJP led-government may introduce a bill, also called as ‘One Nation, One Election Bill’.
According to the news reports, the BJP-led centre government has formed a panel for the ‘one Nation, One Election’ which is headed by the former president Ramnath Kovind. The reports also reveal that Congress has called this step as Jhumla by the government to divert attention from the key issues.
So what is one nation, one election? We have brought to you a simple explanation about what ‘one nation,one election’ means?
The idea of 'One Nation, One Election' means holding simultaneous elections across the country. This means that if the bill is passed, then elections for the Lok Sabha and all state assemblies across India will be held simultaneously — with voting presumably taking place around the same time. Currently, the state assemblies and the Lok Sabha elections are held separately — after the five-year term of the government ends or if it is dissolved due to various reasons.
Now as we are done with the meaning and definition of One Nation, One Election; let me also bring to about the advantages and disadvantages of One Nation, One Election.
One of the major advantages of holding simultaneous elections would be that it would reduce the cost involved in holding separate elections. The second big advantage would be that it would boost voter turnout as it will be more convenient for them to cast votes at once.
Another advantage of having simultaneous elections is that it would ensure that the programs and schemes of the central and state government remain in continuity because currently whenever elections are held, a ban is put on the launch of new projects for that period of that election.
Also, holding simultaneous elections could increase the efficiency in the administrative setup of the country, as it slows down considerably during polling because officials are involved in polling duties.
Now, let's talk about the disadvantages of ‘One Nation, One Election’.
First of all, before bringing in ‘One nation, One Election’, it would first require making constitutional amendments to sync up the terms of the state legislative assemblies with that of the Lok Sabha. And, the Representation of the People Act and the parliamentary procedures will also need to be amended.
The major hit of ‘One nation, One Election’ would be to the regional parties.
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According to the news reports, the BJP-led centre government has formed a panel for the ‘one Nation, One Election’ which is headed by the former president Ramnath Kovind. The reports also reveal that Congress has called this step as Jhumla by the government to divert attention from the key issues.
So what is one nation, one election? We have brought to you a simple explanation about what ‘one nation,one election’ means?
The idea of 'One Nation, One Election' means holding simultaneous elections across the country. This means that if the bill is passed, then elections for the Lok Sabha and all state assemblies across India will be held simultaneously — with voting presumably taking place around the same time. Currently, the state assemblies and the Lok Sabha elections are held separately — after the five-year term of the government ends or if it is dissolved due to various reasons.
Now as we are done with the meaning and definition of One Nation, One Election; let me also bring to about the advantages and disadvantages of One Nation, One Election.
One of the major advantages of holding simultaneous elections would be that it would reduce the cost involved in holding separate elections. The second big advantage would be that it would boost voter turnout as it will be more convenient for them to cast votes at once.
Another advantage of having simultaneous elections is that it would ensure that the programs and schemes of the central and state government remain in continuity because currently whenever elections are held, a ban is put on the launch of new projects for that period of that election.
Also, holding simultaneous elections could increase the efficiency in the administrative setup of the country, as it slows down considerably during polling because officials are involved in polling duties.
Now, let's talk about the disadvantages of ‘One Nation, One Election’.
First of all, before bringing in ‘One nation, One Election’, it would first require making constitutional amendments to sync up the terms of the state legislative assemblies with that of the Lok Sabha. And, the Representation of the People Act and the parliamentary procedures will also need to be amended.
The major hit of ‘One nation, One Election’ would be to the regional parties.
#OneNationOneElection #PMModi #RahulGandhi #INDIAAlliance #Election2024 #Parliament #SpecialSession #EarlyElections #BJP #StateElection #RamnathKovind #LokSabha #OppositionMeeting #HWNews
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00:00 Hello everyone this is Aminah Ansari welcome to sjw news english
00:05 The whole political environment of our country changed on Thursday when the central government
00:10 called for a special parliament session from September 18 to 22. This special session of
00:16 parliament has created a mystery all around the country and among the common public. Speculations
00:22 are there that the BJP led government may introduce a bill also called as one nation
00:27 one election bill. According to news reports, the BJP led central government has formed
00:33 a panel for the one nation one election which is headed by the former president Ramnath
00:38 Govind. The reports also reveal that Congress has called this step as Jhumla by the government
00:44 to divert attention from the key issues. So what is one nation one election? We have brought
00:50 to you a simple explanation about what one nation one election means. The idea of one
00:57 nation one election means holding simultaneous elections across the country. This means that
01:03 if the bill is passed, then elections for the Lok Sabha and all the state assemblies
01:08 across India will be held simultaneously with voting presumably taking place around the
01:13 same time. Currently, the state assemblies and the Lok Sabha elections are held separately
01:19 after 5 years term of government end or if it dissolves due to various reasons. Now as
01:25 we are done with the meaning and definition of one nation one election, let me also bring
01:30 to you about the advantages and disadvantages of one nation one election. One of the major
01:36 advantages of holding simultaneous elections would be that it would reduce the cost involved
01:41 in holding separate elections. The second big advantage would be that it would boost
01:46 voter turnout as it will be more convenient for them to cast vote at once. Another advantage
01:53 of having simultaneous elections is that it would ensure that the programs and schemes
01:57 of the centre and state government remain in continuity because currently whenever elections
02:03 are held, a ban is put on the launch of new projects for that period of that election.
02:09 Also, holding simultaneous elections would increase efficiency in the administrative
02:13 setup of the country as it slows down during the polling because officials are involved
02:19 in polling duties. Now let's talk about the disadvantages of one nation one election.
02:25 First of all, before bringing in one nation one election, it would be first required making
02:32 constitutional amendments to sync up the terms of the state legislative assemblies with that
02:37 of the Lok Sabha and the Representation of People Act and the parliamentary procedures
02:43 will also need to be amended. The major hit of one nation one election would be to the
02:49 regional parties. The fear of regional parties is that they would not be able to raise their
02:55 local issues strongly as the national issues take the central attention. It would be also
03:01 difficult for the regional parties to compete with the national parties in terms of election
03:05 expenditure and strategy. Another big disadvantage would be that holding state and Lok Sabha
03:12 elections simultaneously would delay the results and would require huge machinery and resources.
03:18 Further, there are studies conducted by IDFC institute in 2015 which found that if one
03:24 nation one election are held, then there are chances of 77% of voters choosing the same
03:30 winning political party or alliance in the state assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
03:36 That's all for this news report. For more such news and updates subscribe to HW News
03:40 English.
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