In the expanse of the Parliament floor, amidst shouts of dissent and chants of protest from the Opposition benches, two bills have been introduced that could fundamentally alter India’s democratic landscape. The two bills are the legal scaffolding for what the government has grandly branded One Nation, One Election —a proposal to synchronise Lok Sabha, state assembly and eventually local …
It was India’s second prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who famously said, “There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go." The second development is former president Ram Nath Kovind committee’s multi-volume report on One Nation One Election, which has expended thousands of pages …
