‘One nation one poll implementation needs constitution amendment’

One of the key proposals was that a one-time transitory measure would be necessary to synchronise the Lok Sabha and assembly elections. The committee recommended that the President of India may, by a notification issued on the date of the first sitting of the Lok Sabha after a general election, bring into force the provision of this Article and that the date of the notification shall be called the ‘Appointed Date’.The tenure of all state legislative assemblies, constituted by elections after the Appointed Date and before the expiry of the full term of the Lok Sabha, shall be only for the period ending up to the subsequent general elections to the Lok Sabha. Thereafter, all general elections to the Lok Sabha and all assemblies shall be held together simultaneously.The committee also recommended that an implementation group be constituted to look into the execution of its recommendations.The rollout of ‘simultaneous elections’ will begin in 2029, if the newly elected government in 2024 accepts the Kovind committee’s recommendations and introduces constitutional amendments in Parliament.In essence, the tenures of several state assemblies would have to be curtailed or extended between 2024 and 2029 for this.Panel’s recommendationThe President of India may, by a notification issued on the date of the first sitting of the Lok Sabha after a general election, bring into force the provision of an Article. After this, the tenure of all state assemblies shall be only for the period ending up to the next Lok Sabha elections.



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