Synchronised Polls: A Flawed Idea - Present, Past and Future Ep. 18

The slogan 'One Nation, One Poll' has been on the BJP's agenda for two decades or more and has made a comeback since the re-election of the Modi-led NDA government.
Interview with Ashutosh , Jagdeep S. Chhokar
Interviewed by Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Produced by Newsclick Team,

The slogan 'One Nation, One Poll' has been on the BJP's agenda for two decades or more and has made a comeback since the re-election of the Modi-led NDA government. In various arguments presented since then, there has been an unstated portrayal of elections as an unnecessary impediment or irritant. In this episode of Present, Past and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay talks to journalist and author Ashutosh and Association for Democratic Reforms founder and trustee Jagdeep S. Chhokar about why simultaneous polls will undermine the federal character of the Constitution.