Shivraj Singh has come with two suggestions towards electoral reforms- that CM & PM should be elected directly and Lok Sabha & Assembly elections should be held simultaneously. Both suggestions are untenable - the objection to directly electing CM/ PM is that ours is not a presidential form of government - in any case politics is a collective activity and CM /PM can at best be more equal among equals . Individualistic polity may work to some extent in developed economies-in a developing state such as ours too strong a CM may do more harm than good. Of course,that is not to say that there should be a weak CM but instead we need a bunch of strong leaders with CM being the strongest if we wish to have quitable growth.
The idea of holding Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously (on the plea that development process gets hindered on account of frequent elections) too is impractical; as it is ,it is difficult toinform/ educate the Indian voter about the difference in the nature of issues in the LS & assembly ele ctions - if they're held simultaneously,it'll further confound the confusion.
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