Ministers in UPA resigned taking moral high ground, not the case with Modi govt: Congress
Ministers in UPA resigned taking moral high ground, not the case with Modi govt: Congress
Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee, Pawan Bansal said several ministers in the UPA government resigned when accusations were leveled because they wanted to take the moral high ground.
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UPDATED: February 3, 2021 03:52 IST
AICC treasurer Pawan Bansal (right) and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot during the press conference in Jaipur on Tuesday (Photo Credits: PTI)
No minister has resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government, Congress leader and former union minister Pawan Bansal said on Tuesday. Pawan Bansal was appointed the treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) following the death of veteran Congressman Ahmed Patel last year.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta, one of India’s most distinguished thinkers wrote in November 2016 that “we are now entering the politics of “permanent revolution.” The public intellectual had critiqued the government’s penchant, “to come up with new and radical moves with increasing frequency.” His political observation could prove to be correct.
BJP government is about to re-launch the agenda of simultaneous elections of ‘Panchayat to Parliament” with a single voters list for all levels of direct and indirect elections all over the country.
In the last fortnight or so India’s ruling party has asked all its spokespersons across state capitals to organise webinars to debate the advantages of the simultaneous elections also called One Nation, One Election.
One Nation, One Poll: An Idea To Explore For Better Governance
by Ritu Bhandari - Jan 2, 2021 12:29 PM
An election officer applies an indelible ink mark on the finger during voting, at a polling station, in Jahangirabad on 28 November 2018 in Bhopal, MP. (Mujeeb Faruqui/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)
Snapshot
Indian nation-state democracy, in fact, started out with simultaneous elections. Lok Sabha and state elections were held together for a long time.
Only after 1967, the election cycles diverged as the term of the state governments were cut short in many cases.
Here s why the electoral reform merits a serious discussion.
The talk of One Nation, One Election has been going on for a while. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself stressed on the need for simultaneous elections. The Presidentâs speech in 2016 talked about simultaneous elections, from the point of view of model code of conduct.
One Nation, One Election will have political and economic dividends for citizens: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Highlights One Nation, One Election an idea endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi time and again makes a whole lot of sense and has the potential to deliver political and economic dividends for citizens, according to BJP national spokesperson Rajeev Chandrasekhar. One Nation, One Election an idea endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi time and again makes a whole lot of sense and has the potential to deliver political and economic dividends for citizens, according to BJP national spokesperson Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Speaking at a webinar co-attended by Swarajya magazine Editorial Director R Jagannathan and BJP National Executive Committee member Professor Shrinath Rao K, Rajeev Chandrasekhar observed that One Nation, One Election will directly benefit every citizen of India.
Election Commission Ready for ‘One Nation, One Election’, Says CEC Sunil Arora After PM’s Pitch
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Nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for ‘One Nation, One Election’, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said that the ECI Is ready to implement the new system.
Speaking exclusively to News 18 India, Arora said, We are ready for that. After all broad amendments (in laws) by the legislature, Election Commission of India (ECI) is ready for the One Nation One Poll.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in November advocated ‘One Nation, One Poll’ and single voters’ list, saying it is the need of India as polls taking place every few months impact development works.