Congress has much to learn from its own history. Nehru’s party took pride in simultaneous polls

The Narendra Modi governments efforts toward One Nation, One Election, which means holding the Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously, received a boost from a favourable report prepared by a committee headed by former President Ram NathKovind..

The Congress and other parties have opposed the idea without advancing sufficient, logically tenable reasons...

The Congress, which was the ruling party at the Centre and in several states, took pride in not only holding simultaneous elections but also at a much lower cost..

The split in the Congress party, dissolution of some state assemblies and the announcement of mid-term polls for the Lok Sabha in 1971 (14 months before it was due in March 1972) marked the beginning of a new process of de-linking assembly and Lok Sabha elections..

While simultaneous elections may not fully and effectively address this issue, it can be part of a larger legal one nation, one election framework limiting the expenses, actual and committed for future, during the polls..

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