'One nation, one election' a debacle in successive elections: Jairam Ramesh

July 14, 2018 10:47

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the National Democratic Alliance government's 'One Nation, One Election' proposal is a debacle in successive elections.

While addressing an event in Chennai, Ramesh said, "By supporting 'One Nation, One Election', you are denying yourself the ability to enforce some accountability of the executive. It is the debacle in successive elections in the last 12 months but has made the current prime minister more aware of the concerns of farmers, unemployed, rural landless labour."

"If you have had one nation, one election, you elect somebody and then for the next five years you have no opportunity whatsoever of making your voice heard. We are a system in which our voice is heard only through elections," he added.

Criticising the proposal, the Congress leader further said, "You have to suffer for five years if you have one nation one election."

-- ANI

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