NEW DELHI, Jan. 22 -- 1. NOTIFICATION: For such an important issue that could have a significant impact on the future of the nation, the notification, in a small newspaper advertisement and the small window afforded to the public for submitting written submissions, is grossly inadequate, raising a fundamental question, "Is the government really serious about ascertaining public opinion"?

2. OBJECTIONS: The Indian Catholic Forum hereby submits and raises serious objections to the idea of "One Nation One Election" (ONOE) for the reasons given below.

3. LOGIC: The main logic/reason given for the ONOE is that it will reduce costs and limit the repeated abeyance of Government schemes because of the Model Code of Conduct. This does not hold w...