AGARTALA, July 6: Tripura chief minister Manik Saha on Saturday asserted that ‘one nation one election’ is the need of the hour as the model code of conduct imposed for various polls has been affecting the pace of development activities.
After the Lok Sabha elections, the Northeastern state is set to witness polls for three-tier panchayat, autonomous council and civic bodies, he said.
“Development works get stalled for several months as elections are held in a cycle. The ‘one nation one election’ model is the need of the hour,” Saha said at a government programme here.
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A high-level panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had, in March, submitted its report on ‘one nation, one election’ to President Droupadi Murmu.
It recommended simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and state assemblies as the first step followed by synchronised local body polls within 100 days.
During the programme, the chief minister urged government officials to complete their assigned work in the stipulated time.
Saha said his government has already introduced e-Bidhansabha (Assembly), and e-cabinet as part of the digitisation of administrative work.
“Now, the officials don’t need to carry files as work is being done by using the e-cabinet facilities. It ensures transparency and effectiveness,” he added.
In another programme, the chief minister claimed that several INDIA bloc leaders were either in jail or were released from jails. They made attempts so that Narendra Modi could not become the prime minister for the third consecutive term but failed, he said.
“Narendra Modi’s return as the prime minister for a third term was necessary for the country. We all know what had happened before 2014. Terrorists had reached Parliament House killing security personnel (in 2001). The Northeast was boiling due to insurgency,” he said.
He was addressing an event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, one of the founders of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s first speech as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha in which he accused BJP leaders of dividing people on communal lines, the chief minister claimed that the Congress leader is “unpredictable while making statements”.
A portion of Gandhi’s speech has been expunged.
Saha also expressed happiness with the party’s victory in Odisha in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. (PTI)
