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Law panel may propose simultaneous polls in 2029, adding chapter in constitution
2/28/2024 10:21:45 PM
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Feb 28: The Law Commission is likely to recommend adding a new chapter to the Constitution on 'one nation, one election' and holding the gigantic democratic exercise of simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies across the country by mid-2029, sources said on Wednesday.
The Commission, under Justice (retd) Ritu Raj Awasthi, would recommend an amendment to the Constitution to add the "new chapter or part" on simultaneous elections, the sources said
The panel would also recommend synchronising the terms of legislative Assemblies in "three phases" in the next five years so that the first simultaneous polls could be held in May-June 2029 when elections for the 19th Lok Sabha are due.
The new chapter in the Constitution would include issues related to "simultaneous election", "sustainability of simultaneous elections" and "common electoral roll" for Lok Sabha, state legislative Assemblies, panchayats and municipalities so that the three-tier simultaneous polls could be held together "in one go", they explained.
The new chapter being recommended will have power of "non-extant" to override other provisions in the Constitution dealing with terms of assemblies.
The five-year period in which the terms of assemblies will be synchronised will be spread over three phases. The Commission would recommend that the first phase may deal with state assemblies whose period will have to be curtailed by a few months-three or six months.
In case a government falls due to no confidence or if there is a hung House, the Commission would recommend constitution of a "unity government" with representatives from various political parties.
In case the unity government formula does not work, the law panel would recommend holding fresh elections for the remainder of the term of the House.
"Suppose fresh elections are called for and the government still has three years, then polls should be for the remainder of the term-three years-to ensure sustainability," a source explained.
Besides the Law Commission, a high-level committee under former president Ram Nath Kovind is also working on a report on how simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, municipalities and panchayats can be held by tweaking the Constitution and the existing legal framework.
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