Janata Dal (Secular) general secretary Danish Ali on Tuesday opposed President Pranab Mukherjee’s idea of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, saying that the Lok Sabha issues are entirely different from that of assembly ones. Ali told ANI that India is a multi-party parliamentary democracy and, therefore, ‘One India One election’ is not feasible in our country. “The system will benefit the national parties, the parties, who are today running the government, just like a presidential type of government. If political parties collectively think, we can change it,” said President Mukherjee. Read | EC can put in ideas on holding Lok Sabha, assembly polls together: President

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2016 07:07 UTC