Calling it a reform that will “redefine the terms of good governance”, President Droupadi Murmu said the ‘One Nation One Election’ bill will help check “policy paralysis, mitigate resource division, and reduce financial burden.
“Reforms of such magnitude require an audacity of vision. Another measure that promises to redefine the terms of good governance is the Bill introduced in Parliament to synchronise election schedules in the country. The ‘One Nation One Election’ plan can promote consistency in governance, prevent policy paralysis, mitigate resource diversion, and reduce the financial burden, apart from offering many other benefits,” said President Murmu addressing the nation on the eve of 76th Republic Day.
Former president Ram Nath Kovind, who headed a panel on ‘one nation, one election,’ has said that the idea of simultaneous polls was perceived by the framers of the Constitution and therefore it cannot be unconstitutional. He pointed out that the first four Lok Sabha and assembly polls were held together till 1967, asking how could synchronised polls be dubbed as unconstitutional.