This week, the Prime Minister stressed once again on the need for holding state polls alongside the national election. Is it an idea whose time has come? Also, given the buzz of early general elections to coincide with at least four state elections towards the end of the year. For more on that, a panel with diverse views on the NDTV Dialogues is BJP Vice president Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Former Chief Election Commissioner Dr SY Quraishi, Lok Sabha MP Jay Panda, the new head of the data analytics department of the Congress Praveen Chakravarty and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra.