Sometimes one feels sympathy with the prime minister’s oft-stated ambition to reduce the frequency of elections in this country. As unconstitutional, unimplementable and illiberal an idea it may be, the notion of simultaneous elections would at least mean that we are not exposed twice a year to months of uninformed speculation, empty posturing, and doubtful opinion polls. It would also, hopefully, mean fewer Modi rallies — but since those are the only times when the prime minister looks like he is really enjoying himself, I suspect he is not as enthusiastic about simultaneous elections as he would have us believe.
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