{"id":164694,"date":"2017-10-24T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=164694"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T05:00:00","slug":"gnlu-ccals-2nd-essay-writing-competition-2017-one-nation-one-election-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2017\/10\/24\/gnlu-ccals-2nd-essay-writing-competition-2017-one-nation-one-election-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"GNLU: CCAL\u2019s 2nd Essay Writing Competition, 2017 on \u201cOne Nation, One Election\u201d announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

About CCAL: <\/strong>The Centre for Constitutional and Administrative Law (CCAL) was established at Gujarat National Law University to conduct dedicated research in various areas of Constitutional and Administrative Law. The objective of the CCAL is to promote understanding of the Indian Constitution and Administrative Law from various perspectives – legal, political, social, economic, historical etc. as well as to provide avenue for students for freely express their views on challenges to the Constitution. It provides a platform to the students to carry out dedicated research in various areas of Constitutional and Administrative Law.<\/p>\n

Theme of the competition: <\/strong>The concept which is still in the discussion stage, after being proposed by the Union Government, can be the future of democracy of the nation. Elections are considered to be the bedrock of a democracy where voters decides the fate of a nation. They make a fundamental contribution to the democratic governance of the nation. Elections in India have gone through several stages of improvisation as a result of methods adopted and steps taken by Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne Nation, One Election\u201d is seen as one such step to save the tax payers’ money and citizens’ fatigue involved in the frequent holding of elections. There is significant impact on the development programs and governance due to imposition of Model Code of Conduct by the Election Commission and massive expenditures by Government and other stakeholders including the engagement of security forces for significantly prolonged periods for the conduction of elections. However, there are always two sides to a coin. One needs to understand that the spirit of democracy prevails and political diversity & quasi-federal structure of the nation always remains preserved. The need of the hour is to go beyond rhetoric and simplified stances and then analyses the implications of the change in election regime in the world’s largest democracy. The ECI is of the view that it is not impossible to conduct a single election throughout the nation simultaneously provided there is a political consensus over it. Constitutional experts such as Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap also opine that gradually India must move to hold Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously.<\/p>\n

In light of this backdrop, this competition has been designed with the major objective to create a meaningful dialogue on the topic through an active participation of young voices of the nation and to promote public understanding and participation on the topic. Participants are permitted to base their essay on any aspect of the main theme and are expected to provide academic consideration to this concept.<\/p>\n

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