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The agitation on ‘One Country One Election’ that has been going on since last year is going to intensify from next week. It has come to light that the Law Commission may submit its report on this issue to the Central Government next week. What’s more, it is possible that when elections are held in the year 2029, they may be held on the concept of ‘one country, one election’. In fact, in this report, the Law Commission can recommend to amend the Constitution and conduct Lok Sabha, State Assemblies and local body elections across the country by the middle of the year 2029.
Recommendation to add new chapter to the Constitution
According to the news agency, the Commission working under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Ritu Raj Awasthi will recommend amendments to add a new chapter to the Constitution regarding simultaneous elections. Apart from this, the panel will also recommend synchronizing the terms of legislative assemblies in three steps over the next five years.
Now if seen in this way, according to the plan that the Law Commission is going to give, it is planned that after this the first ‘One Country One Election’ will be held in May-June 2029. Let us tell you that elections for the 19th Lok Sabha are to be held in the year 2029.
Suggestion of formation of a mixed interim government
According to sources, the new chapter which the Law Commission is going to recommend to be added will include that in case of stability of governments, fall of government or mid-term elections, a mixed interim government can be formed so that the governance can be run. To maintain a constitutional system. Along with this, issues related to stability of simultaneous elections and a single voter list for Lok Sabha, State Assemblies, local bodies i.e. Panchayats and Municipalities will also be resolved.
Recommendation to hold all elections together
In its report, the Law Commission will also recommend holding three-tier elections across the country i.e. Lok Sabha, Legislative Assemblies and local bodies and Panchayat elections simultaneously. In the recommendation that the Law Commission is going to make in its report, it has been said that if a government falls due to a no-confidence motion being passed or there is a hung mandate in the House in the general elections, then in such a situation various political parties should form a joint alliance. Consider the formation of the government. If the formula of joint government does not work, then fresh elections should be held for the remaining term of the House.
Will the duration of assemblies be reduced from three to six months?
Sources also said that the Commission will recommend that state assemblies can be dealt with in the first phase, for this the duration of the assemblies will have to be reduced by a few months such as three or six months. Furthermore, if a government falls due to no-confidence or there is a hung House, the Commission will recommend the formation of a “Unity Government” with representatives from different political parties. If this unity government formula does not work, then the law panel will recommend fresh elections for the remaining term of the House.
It is worth noting that apart from the Law Commission, a high-level committee under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind is also working on how to make changes in the Constitution and the existing legal framework work together for the Lok Sabha, State Assemblies, Municipalities and Panchayats. Elections can be conducted. It is likely to include the law panel’s recommendation in its report.
Let us tell you that by the end of this year, assembly elections for Jammu-Kashmir, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand are to be held. Assembly elections are to be held in Bihar and Delhi next year. Assembly elections will be held in Assam, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala in 2026 and in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur in 2027. In the year 2028, assembly elections are to be held in nine states, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Karnataka, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.
What is Unity Government or Shared Government?
The concept of a joint government that the Law Commission is going to put forward in its report, what is its actual meaning, what will it be like in reality and whether it exists anywhere in the world politics, these three questions are very relevant.
The answer to this is found in the pages of Civics, where it is recorded that when all the major parties are included in the government or legislature and there is no strong opposition left, then such a coalition and mixed government is called Unity Government or Ekta Sarkar. . However, it is also written that it is more likely to come into existence only in case of emergency, such as a war or national disaster, or else a unity government is formed to properly run a comprehensive national program. . According to the principles of consensus democracy, a unity government lacks opposition, or the opposition parties are very small and insignificant.
If we look at the issue of emergency and war, Israel is the biggest example of forming such a government. Currently, there is an atmosphere of war there. Last year, in October 2023, a unity government was formed in Israel before the retaliatory attack on Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the top opposition leader had agreed to form a wartime unity government on October 11, 2023, to oversee the war against Palestinian militant group Hamas.
unity government in israel
Even before this, there have been many national unity governments in Israel. Unity governments were formed there before the Six-Day War in 1967, in the late 1980s, and in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 36th government formed in 2021 was also the ‘national unity government’ in Israel. In which right wing, centrist, left wing and an Arab Islamic political party were included. Following the Hamas attacks of October 2023, the National Unity Party became part of the Israeli war cabinet.
There was unity government in Nepal also
In Nepal also, a unity government was formed in April 2015. After the devastating earthquake in Nepal, top political parties of Nepal had decided to form a national unity government to deal with the crisis. The major political parties and the unified political front had agreed to resolve the contentious issues of the constitution drafting process and form a national unity government by 3 June.
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