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‘Frequent polls hindering India's way to becoming developed nation'

‘Frequent polls hindering India's way to becoming developed nation'

Time of India11-05-2025

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Varanasi: Detailing for youth the benefits of 'One Nation, One Election', Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary
Sunil Bansal
said
frequent elections
were like speed breakers which can be flattened with ONOE.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission to make India a developed nation by 2047 would thus be accomplished, he said.While addressing 'Youth Townhall' on ONOE at Rudraksh Convention Centre here on Sunday, he said frequent elections bring many problems to the country, from which it should be liberated.
"Our goal is to make India a developed nation by 2047. All speed breakers like frequent elections should be removed to meet that objective," said Bansal, appealing to the youths to launch mega public campaign for ONOE.With ONOE, he said, there would be more development and less politics, creating more opportunities for the new generation. The youth should advance this initiative to make it a people's movement, as frequent elections disrupt country's development and welfare schemes. Frequent elections create an atmosphere of division in society. He said ONOE was not Modi's or political party's agenda, adding that it would save the country money that could be invested in development.In every election, millions of govt employees are assigned election duties, affecting their regular work, while imposition of the model code of conduct repeatedly halts development work. He said ONOE would give govt a clear five-year period to advance
development projects
, allowing projects to be completed on time and benefiting the public sooner.Simultaneous elections would give both, govt and opposition, opportunity to address the country's problems seriously.
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He mentioned how frequent elections create difficulties for the central and state govts in policy-making and decision-making. If administrative machinery is busy conducting elections and preparing voter lists, good governance and welfare work for poor are affected, leading to policy paralysis.Bansal said a high-level committee had been formed by govt to discuss all aspects of this bill.
The committee sought suggestions from a total of 62 political parties, with 47 parties responding. He referred to how a huge amount could be saved with ONOE and utilised to increase the country's GDP.Dynastic parties might face challenges, but voting once every five years would enhance the power of the vote, he said, adding that good governance would be promoted in administration. "Pollution caused during electioneering, including air and noise pollution, and others by using a large amount of posters, banners, and other promotional materials, can also be checked with ONOE," he said, adding that time and energy of govt machinery as well as the general public would also be saved.Bansal also spoke about Operation Sindoor, followed by killing of innocent civilians by terrorists in Pahalgam and said, "We have seen how India's brave army is targeting those who attack India's dignity. The entire nation is standing with the PM and our armed forces. Everyone wants India to teach Pakistan a lesson and the whole world has seen that if anyone provokes India, it will not spare them," he added.Earlier, Padma Bhushan Prof Devi Prasad Dwivedi highlighted how ONOE was in the interest of the country and its people. Chairing the event, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Vice Chancellor Prof Bihari Lal Sharma termed ONOE as a solution against the wastage of the country's resources made on conducting frequent elections. The event was also addressed by international athletes Priyanka Singh Patel and Renu Singh.Important among others present were, BJP Kashi region unit president Dilip Patel, UP ministers Ravindra Jaiswal, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, Mayor Ashok Tiwari, city Pradeep Agrahari, MLC Hansraj Vishwakarma, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari, Saurabh Srivastava and Awadhesh Singh.
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