Drop the idea of simultaneous polls

In concluding part of the series, the author says the proposal for simultaneous polls strikes at the root of the grand design of the Constitution based on dual polity that has served us well so far

It is no secret that in recent years, whenever simultaneous elections are held, candidates chosen for election to Parliament by political parties undertake to finance party candidates for assembly elections. The non-electoral gains out of electoral victory in Parliament are infinitely more than at the state level. National parties have what may be described as “economies of scale” if elections are held simultaneously with a clear disadvantage for regional parties, both in the Parliamentary and the legislative levels. 

An unstated motive for advocating simultaneous polls may be to give advantage for national parties over regional parties with a view to