Former President Ram Nath Kovind chairs the inaugural meeting of the One Nation One Election committee in Delhi, exploring the possibility of simultaneous polls.
The Cong president is a Dalit, can rally SCs behind him, pull in the South, and can claim years of administrative experience. But the question is how far will Cong go, and INDIA concede?
(This is a lightly edited version of the Indian Independence Day speech by India's High Commissioner to Jamaica Masakui Rungsung to a large gathering at Little Theatre, on Tuesday, August 15) .