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One Nation One Poll: Kharge Says It’s ‘Impossible’ Hours After PM Modi Makes Strong Pitch

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said simultaneous elections will strengthen India’s democracy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge dismissed the concept as ‘impossible.’

Kharge asserted that for ‘One Nation, One Election’ to be implemented, Modi will have to take everybody into confidence in Parliament, and that is ‘impossible.’

“What PM Modi has said, he will not do it. Because when it (simultaneous election) comes in Parliament, he has to take everybody into confidence, then only this will happen. This is impossible. One Nation, One Election is impossible,” ANI quoted Kharge as saying.

The Union Cabinet last month approved the Ramnath Kovind committee’s report on ‘One Nation, One Election,’ thereby paving the way to make simultaneous Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha assembly elections a reality in near future.

Modi on Thursday spoke of One Nation One Election and Uniform Civil Code during his speech in Gujarat’s Kevadia on the occasion of National Unity Day, the birth anniversary of India’s first deputy PM and also the first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

“We are now working towards One Nation, One Election which will strengthen India’s great democracy, give optimum outcome of India’s resources… the country will gain fresh momentum in our dream of achieving a developed India. Today, India is moving towards One Nation, One Civil Code that is a Secular Civil Code,” Modi said.

OB Bureau

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