"One Nation One Election has no meaning", Congress MP Rajiv Shukla

New Delhi: Members of Congress have expressed serious reservations on the proposed move to bring "One Nation, One Election". Key party leaders have questioned the measure's feasibility and possible effects on the nation's democratic processes, even though the Union Cabinet recently approved it.
Congress MP Rajiv Shukla says, "I have heard that One Nation One Election will be sent to the committee. It is necessary to discuss the One Nation One Election. I do not think that this (One Nation One Election) will achieve the goal of not holding elections every day because the assemblies will be dissolved. Unless there is a provision that the assemblies will not be dissolved for five years, One Nation One Election has no meaning..."
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari criticized the opposition, stating, "Even the BJP doesn't have two-thirds seats in the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha... I don't understand on what basis Ram Nath Kovind is saying that the GDP will grow by 1.5% (by One Nation One Election). I know him well. He is not an economist."
JDU MP Sanjay Jha welcomed the proposed move saying that it would ensure that there was not stoppage to the development works in the country due to repeated elections.
"After independence, simultaneous elections were held in the country. But the Congress party started imposing the President's rule in the states. The development work which gets stalled due to frequent elections will not stop after the implementation of One Nation One Election. Our party fully supports One Nation One Election," he said.
The 'One Nation One Election' bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday paving the way for its introduction in Parliament. However, before its introduction in the Parliament, the bill initiated debate between the ruling and opposition parties. Several parties of the INDIA bloc opposed the bill while the BJP-led NDA alliance parties welcomed this bill, saying it would save time and lay the groundwork for unified elections across the country.
Notably, in September this year, the Union Cabinet approved the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal, which aims to hold simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, along with urban body and panchayat polls, within a span of 100 days.