President Droupadi Murmu’s renewed pitch for the One Nation One Election plan in her address to the nation on the eve of the 76th Republic Day indicates the government’s seriousness on the issue. With Parliament’s budget session beginning on January 31, the government is certain to try to get the bills on ONOE passed and perhaps refer them to a Joint Parliamentary Committee for further scrutiny.

As it is, the government does not have the numbers to push through a constitutional amendment. The President called for speedy implementation of ONOE to promote consistency in governance, prevent policy paralysis, mitigate resource diversion, and reduce the financial burden.

ONOE has been a pet project of the Narendra Modi government, but it has taken nine years to launch the proposal even tentatively. It has met with........

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