Should legislatures in India have fixed tenures?
Dec 19, 2024•24 min
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Episode description
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 17, 2024, mandates a fixed five-year term for the Lok Sabha, with State Legislature elections aligned to this cycle. If the Lok Sabha or any State Assembly is dissolved before completing its full term, mid-term elections will be held only for the remainder of the five-year term.
Should legislatures in India have fixed tenures? Here we discuss the question.
Guests: P.D.T. Achary, Former Secretary General of the Lok Sabha; M.R. Madhavan, Co-founder and president of the PRS Legislative Research
Host: Aaratrika Bhaumik
Edited by Jude Francis Weston
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