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KOVIND BEGAN 'ONE POLL' SPADE WORK IN JUNE
The Morning Standard
|September 05, 2023
WAS REQUESTED BY SHAH TO BEGIN STUDYING SIMULTANEOUS POLL PLAN ON JUNE 2. PANEL'S REPORT COULD BE TABLED IN SPL HOUSE SESSION
ON June 2, four days after the inauguration of the new Parliament building, former President Ram Nath Kovind had two visitors, Union home minister Amit Shah and Dr P K Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That meeting apparently set the ball rolling for the much debated one nation, one election' scheme under the stewardship of Kovind, sources privy to the development said.
It all began after the BJP's defeat in the Karnataka polls. It really hurt the party and made it increasingly worried about the numbers in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, hence the simultaneous polls gambit.
But why Kovind? Sources said the former President keeps a low profile, but is capable of handling intricate legal matters. Besides, he is trusted by Modi. "Modi quietly asked his trusted party functionaries to prepare the ground for simultaneous polls so as to loosen the Opposition consolidation ahead of the 2024 polls," said a source.
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