Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea has been the subject of much debate, strongly backed by the BJP while slammed by the Congress, TMC and many others.
Actor turned politician Rajinikanth on Sunday, July 14 extended his support to the One-Nation-One-Election theory and said that this move will surely save public funds. Taking to Twitter, the Tamil actor said, “I support One Nation One Election. This will save money and time.” He also said a decision on contesting in the general elections will be taken later. Rajinikanth had earlier said his party would contest in the next assembly elections.
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Speaking on the proposed Chennai-Salem eight-lane expressway, Rajinikanth said such projects would bring in industrial investments. However, he said, the government should see that only minimum farm land is acquired for the project and the land owners are compensated to the extent that they feel happy. Earlier, a number of opposition leaders had expressed their views in favour of PM Narendra Modi’s push for holding simultaneous elections for Assembly and Lok Sabha.
Recently, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had also came out in support for the new theory and stated that a consensus will have to be achieved before implementing this decision and it may take time even till 2024. Citing reason for proposing One Nation One Theory scheme, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had earlier stated that simultaneous polls will bring stability in the electoral process of the nation and save public money.
He further stated, “Frequent elections lead to the expenditure of public money, posting of officers from outside and governance suffers. Our democracy is 70 years old there should be some stability in the electoral process. Let’s await recommendations of law commission.” In April 2018, the Commission had stated that simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies could be held in two phases from 2019, provided that at least two provisions of the Constitution are amended and ratified by a majority of the states.