President mooting simultaneous polls: Good idea but how to implement
President Ramnath Kovind in his address at budget-session of Parliament on 29.01.2018 endorsed Prime Minister for simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha, state-assemblies and civic-bodies. Election Commission and Vice President earlier favored the idea but without coming with its practical implementation. What happens if mid-term polls are necessitated due to some hung state-assembly. Only remedy for making simultaneous elections a dream-come-true is to ensure fixed-term Lok Sabha and all state-assemblies by electing Prime Minister and Chief Ministers simultaneously with Speakers and Deputy Speakers through secret and compulsory vote of all MLAs through EVMs (with VVAT provision) on nominations signed by at least 34-percent members of the lower House. Such elected persons may only be removed thro...









