Not forcing one-nation-one-poll, but debate necessary: Modi
Sunday - September 9, 2018 9:38 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Not forcing one-nation-one-poll, but debate necessary: Modi
New Delhi Sep 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the doctrine of one nation one poll was not being forced upon anyone but there should be a debate on the issue.
Modi s comments came during his address at the Bharatiya Janata Party s (BJP) national executive meet here.
Reporting Modi s address at the top party meet to the media Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "The Prime Minister said this (one nation one poll) should not be forced upon anyone but there must be a debate on the issue.
"And this debate should not just be a political debate. Bar associations youth parliament trade bodies teachers bodies... all should participate in the debate."
He added: "Modiji also said that we have already achieved ‘one nation one tax and ‘one nation one power . So we need to move forward in this direction (simultaneous elections) too."
--IANS mak/ahm/sed
Modi s comments came during his address at the Bharatiya Janata Party s (BJP) national executive meet here.
Reporting Modi s address at the top party meet to the media Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "The Prime Minister said this (one nation one poll) should not be forced upon anyone but there must be a debate on the issue.
"And this debate should not just be a political debate. Bar associations youth parliament trade bodies teachers bodies... all should participate in the debate."
He added: "Modiji also said that we have already achieved ‘one nation one tax and ‘one nation one power . So we need to move forward in this direction (simultaneous elections) too."
--IANS mak/ahm/sed
