Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta welcomed the parliamentary committee formed on ‘One Country, One Election’ and expressed her government’s support. He described this proposal as a major reform, which will strengthen democratic governance, continuity and administrative functioning.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday warmly welcomed the members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on ‘One Country, One Election’. Under the leadership of BJP leader and committee chairman PP Chaudhary, this team had reached Delhi Secretariat to study the proposed electoral reforms.
The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a post on X that the Delhi government supports all initiatives that strengthen democratic institutions and improve governance. Describing ‘One Country, One Election’ as a big and revolutionary reform, he said that this proposal will strengthen democratic governance, bring continuity in work, increase administrative efficiency and make better use of government resources. The CMO wrote, “Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta welcomed the honorable members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee, led by PP Choudhary, who visited Delhi Secretariat to study on ‘One Country, One Election’. ‘One Country, One Election’ is a revolutionary reform that will strengthen democratic governance through better continuity, administrative efficiency and best utilization of public resources. Delhi Government supports every initiative that advances good governance and strengthens India’s democratic institutions.”
JPC Chairman links reforms with ‘developed India’
Earlier in May, speaking to ANI during committee meetings in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, PP Choudhary had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of holding simultaneous elections is linked to the goal of creating a “developed India”. He said, “See, in the meetings held in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad in the last three days on ‘One Country, One Election’, Prime Minister Modi’s vision of holding Lok Sabha and Assembly elections simultaneously is to create a developed India. He further said that frequent elections have a negative impact on many sectors including education, health, governance and industrial production. “The goal is to ensure that children’s education goes smoothly without any interruption, there are no interruptions in medical and health systems, there are no interruptions in production, and there are no interruptions in governance,” he said.
Economic and historical aspects
Highlighting the economic aspect, Chaudhary claimed that holding simultaneous elections could save the country’s economy more than Rs 7 lakh crore. He also said that simultaneous elections were common in India till 1967, after which due to the dissolution of assemblies and imposition of President’s rule during the Congress governments, elections for Lok Sabha and State Assembly started being held separately. (ANI)
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