Central Cabinet Approves ‘One Nation, One Election’; Bill to be Brought in Parliament’s Winter Session

New Delhi: The Central cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the proposal for ‘one nation, one election’, which aims to synchronise the elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies to a single schedule. According to reports, the ‘one nation, one election’ Bill is likely to be floored in the upcoming winter session of Parliament.

The high-level panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections..

The idea of ‘one nation, one election’ refers to holding the polls for Lok Sabha and state assemblies together.

The idea of ‘one nation, one election’ was first proposed in the 1980s. The Justice BP Jeevan Reddy-headed Law Commission said in its 170th Report in May 1999 that “we must go back to the situation where the elections to Lok Sabha and all the Legislative Assemblies are held at once”.