Election commissioner chief said ready for ‘one nation, one election’

“According to the Constitution, all elections must be held simultaneously. Parliament elections, which have been held since independence, are three of them simultaneously. It is only later that sometimes the Assembly is dissolved, sometimes Parliament, which disturbed the schedule. Of. one nation one election It is a good suggestion but it requires a change in the constitution.”

An assembly which will not be able to complete the term of 5 years Meeting We have to think about whether we can abolish it under the Constitution or do we need to extend the term of Parliament for simultaneous elections in the country, Chandra said.

Talking about the recently concluded elections in five states, Chandra said banning rallies and padyatras was a difficult decision. “when this election process Which we start from September, October, no one knew that the third wave of coronavirus was coming. But as we neared December, we thought Omicron was spreading. The Commission discussed with the Union Health Secretary and spoke to the Chief Secretary of the State and the Health Secretary of the State. we found that covid spreading,” he said.

“In some states, not everyone has been vaccinated, so the commission decided that in the first week of the start there will be no physical rally and no padyatra, only a digital rally and also you can do door-to-door -Door campaigning, which is also in limited numbers. The basic concept of the commission is that the vote should be safe and the voter should also be safe,” he said.