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One Nation, One Election not happening?

Vaidehi by Vaidehi
October 7, 2018
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One Nation, One Election ambition of Narendra Modi is most welcome, but the Simultaneous Polls have more disadvantages than the advantages. This scheme is not only being discussed in the television studio, but even the Central government is seeking inputs from ordinary citizens through a website about its interest and related questions, but not many could participate on this online survey. The Government could have chosen other mediums to reach the rural voters and the common man. One consequence of implementing this is that a bigger ‘centralised’ agenda would overshadow the states and their regional issues. The current disseminated system allows each state to push their individual agenda during the state elections – something that would be difficult to do in the collective polls.

Separate state elections allow regional parties to attract voters in the gap between central polls – since one would be voting separately for the Union and the state. Combining the state and national polls give an undue advantage to the national parties who can appeal on a pan-Indian scale over state-level parties, creating a confusion among voters. In the multitude of messages, the attention that these smaller parties can appeal will be ruthlessly limited.

While the theory of a combined election sounds classy and candid, the framework still does not adequately address what happens in situations necessitating fresh elections before the five-year term lapses – like a hung assembly, or if the assembly is dissolved due to a no-confidence motion etc. This is almost inevitable and will break the system all over again.

Of course, this reform is still far off since there are many gaps, which need to be addressed for orchestrating elections across such a vast country like India. Simultaneous Elections would have been better if it would have been Single Secular Party at the Centre. Now the Fight over ‘Secularism’ kills the ethos of the Constitution. I think it would have been better if Elections were held the way they are. Simultaneous polls are not for the Indian citizens. Indians don’t cast vote, they caste their vote. Let us First Educate Indians about why they Vote then it would be easy for the simultaneous Elections. Moreover, there are too many elections in India like Council, Municipal, State, Lok Sabha, Panchayat etc etc. One needs to really think that the people and the candidates can get on with a normal life. Streamline the elections so that the public is not affected with having to stand in the long queues for the meaningless elections. Because no political party or leader is proven extraordinary in solving people’s problems, they all have leeched taxpayers’ money and propagated their own agenda. Indian electoral system is a big hoax; elected leaders need accountability and people need an iron hand on them while voting. Till then whatever one thinks or do is just a waste of time and money.

In such crises, a simultaneous election for the Centre and States is not at all feasible. Government at the centre or state may fall for various reasons. So, can the simultaneous election be held every time? Often the not so educated voters {and they form a big majority} will be confused as to why they are voting twice on the same day. When these elections are held on different days, the local politicians will put every effort to educate the voters on the significance of the two elections. Further, the Lok Sabha or Assembly elections at different times give the opportunity to the voters to express their happiness or otherwise, against the governance at the Centre or State. To clarify the point, if the voters elected a particular party at the Centre and later on, elected a different party for the state rule, that shows their unhappiness with the central rule and vice versa. So a clear assessment of a particular rule will be always available, all should welcome when elections are held at different times. Free and fair elections are integral to democracy, while continuity, consistency and governance are also integral to democracy and democracy, to my mind, also implies to a good governance. To achieve this, elections are held. But if the means (elections) become the goal, this will not serve the democracy well. Holding simultaneous elections will ensure consistency, continuity and governance, and polls then will only be the means to achieve this and not an end in them. For it to be feasible, we need a political consensus, which is not easy to achieve. There has to be a political willingness to discuss this issue before we talk of a consensus. It is good that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is talking about consent instead of forcibly pushing this plan through. His reasons for encouraging simultaneous elections are unreasonable expenditure and the repeated dislocation of administrative machinery on election duty throughout the year.

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We all know elections have unfortunately become the root cause of corruption. When we are in the constant election mode, we are also in the undying corruption mode. When crores are spent in the elections, crores have to be collected by hook or crook. The way out is to cut the role played by money in the elections, and this can only come through a maximum on political party spending. The other aspect is the state funding of elections. Besides, the elections have become too divisive. Communal riots and caste disturbances are purposely created around the election time to ensure the division of communities for electoral gains. With the emergence of regional political parties, simultaneous polls would inject instability at the centre. The present single-party rule of BJP may not last long, with growing caste based forces such as Patels, Jats, Karni Senas, TDP in Andhra Pradesh or Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, political instability in the regions may impact the Centre. Implementing simultaneous polls would require a substantial shift from the status quo and would involve amendments to the Constitution and election-related laws. Such grand proposals are not necessarily welcome. Democratic politics has a tendency to be chaotic, but there are limits to the corrective abilities of formal legal provisions. On paper, it looks like a nice idea to streamline the staggered electoral cycle where there is an average of more than five State elections every year. A specious argument is made that such an electoral cycle overburdens parties and the electoral machinery.

 

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Vaidehi Taman is an Investigative Journalist, Editor, Ethical Hacker, Philanthropist, and an Author. She is Editor-in-Chief of Newsmakers Broadcasting and Communications Pvt. Ltd. Since 9 years, which features an English daily tabloid – Afternoon Voice, a Marathi web portal – Mumbai Manoos, monthly magazines like Hackers5, Beyond the news (international) and Maritime Bridges. She is also an EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Security Analyst and is also a Licensed Penetration Tester which she caters for her sister-concern Kaizen-India Infosec Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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