Application And Challenges To The Cocnept Of One Nation- One Election In India

Authors: Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Dr. Upendra Grewal

Country: India

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Abstract: In India, elections are a huge, joyous occasion. However, frequent elections often destabilize governance, drain the budget, and foster populist competition. In order for politicians to make decisions, they must constantly be in campaign mode. Everything in government is placed on hold until the model code of conduct is in effect for each election cycle. For months at a time, the majority of the bureaucracy is consumed with election administration due to increasingly staggered polls and extended election timetables. Because of our poverty and the desperation of political parties to win elections at all costs, there is always a tendency to play to the crowds and waste resources on short-term, unproductive freebies at the expense of infrastructure, high-quality education and healthcare, and policies that create jobs, increase income, and reduce poverty. Regular, predictable national election schedules and simultaneous national polls for all levels of government – national, state, and local – would help improve governance for all of the foregoing reasons. Bye elections, which are just as disruptive to government as general elections, should be eliminated in favor of a single national election that includes a system for filling in for any seats that go empty.

Keywords: Elections, Nation, NITI Aayog, Governance, Politics

Paper Id: 231230

Published On: 2024-04-03

Published In: Volume 12, Issue 2, March-April 2024

Cite This: Application And Challenges To The Cocnept Of One Nation- One Election In India - Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Dr. Upendra Grewal - IJIRMPS Volume 12, Issue 2, March-April 2024.

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