Former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said simultaneous central, state and Panchayat elections was a good idea in principle but infeasible and should not...
Small town youth are politically more active on Facebook, like pro-Modi pages, share pro-Modi content and defend any attacks on him.
Four years after Narendra...
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
In the federal system, there shall be freedom for the states to hold separate election on the incumbency, misrules and also restraint on rigging. More so if hung assembly, government falls and reelection will take place. Some government may fall again in 4 years. Simultaneous election will be fools paradise. STOP PREACHING.
No Sir. Simultaneous elections is really a very bad idea. Centre in the present parliamentary system enjoys almost unlimited powers and the states are week and dependent on the centre. Simultaneous elections will further weaken the states and local leadership as the voters may be swayed by one wave ignoring their regional needs and issues. It is a ploy to usurp the little power that the states enjoy today. We should rather strengthen the states and the local body governments. Our democracy can only be strengthened in a truly federal India and not in the Union of India.
In the federal system, there shall be freedom for the states to hold separate election on the incumbency, misrules and also restraint on rigging. More so if hung assembly, government falls and reelection will take place. Some government may fall again in 4 years. Simultaneous election will be fools paradise. STOP PREACHING.
No Sir. Simultaneous elections is really a very bad idea. Centre in the present parliamentary system enjoys almost unlimited powers and the states are week and dependent on the centre. Simultaneous elections will further weaken the states and local leadership as the voters may be swayed by one wave ignoring their regional needs and issues. It is a ploy to usurp the little power that the states enjoy today. We should rather strengthen the states and the local body governments. Our democracy can only be strengthened in a truly federal India and not in the Union of India.