Is the election positive for democracy with 'one nation, one election'. - one nation one election experts split over simultaneous elections

Updated: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:36 PM (IST) Chairman of the Finance Commission, Arind Pangarhia, supported a nation one election, while former chairman of former Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, expressed a disagreement. Ahluwalia did not support economic arguments and suggested that the meeting election should be separated from the Lok Sabha election. Surjeet Bhalla suggested to hold the elections for the meeting around the middle of the term to reduce the frequency of the election. Digital Desk, New -Delhi. The chairman of the Finance Commission, Arind Pangarhia, supported the idea of ​​holding elections at the same time before a parliamentary committee, while Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who chaired the former Planning Commission, disagreed. He suggested that all meeting elections should be held simultaneously, but not with the Lok Sabha election. Remove advertisement just read the news, another economist Surjit Bhalla, which supports the principle of “one nation, one election”, described it as a “positive power” for democracy, but he suggested that all elections in the state meeting should be held simultaneously around the middle election of Lok Sabha so that the frequency of elections can be reduced and responsible. Why should elections be separated? Ahluwalia, who was the last Vice President of the Planning Commission before the 2014 planning commission, did not support the economic arguments of the election simultaneously. He said the economy has done well over the past few decades. An MP said that Ahluwalia does not accept the argument that the financial deficit is increasing by repeated elections and coordinating elections will increase the growth rate. He said the financial deficit was ‘unknown’ through election coordination. Meeting elections must be separated from the national election, because major issues that are on the agenda during the Lok Sabha campaign will not affect the election of the states. Meeting and attracting Sabha elections should be different. However, Ahluwalia agreed that the model code to be implemented during the election negatively affects the economic activities and that such guidelines should be revised. All meeting elections can be held at the same time, but it should not be held with Lok Sabha election. Pangadhiya, while proposing the ‘One Nation, one election’, said that the implementation of the model of Code of Conduct repeatedly hampered the policy making. Delay the acquisition and execution of the project and press the effective window of reform for governments together. The model of elections held once every five years provides a long and clear policy horizon for states and central governments, reducing uncertainty and creating stability, which encourages private capital formation.