West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said the ‘One Nation, One Election’ idea is not acceptable. Hours after sending a letter to Dr. Niten Chandra, secretary of a high-level committee that has called for suggestions for implementation of the idea, Banerjee requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to look into the matter “very very rationally”.
“I do not appreciate it in a practical sense because it is not possible, not acceptable, and not correct from the federal structure point of view. I will request the ECI to see it very sincerely, they have to be very very rational in this case particularly,” the CM said.
“This is not only our voice but INDIA’s voice. We must see our state policy, central policy, state structure, our federal structure,” she added.
The high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had written to political parties seeking their opinion on the matter.
Earlier on January 5, the committee invited suggestions from the public “for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country”.
The committee has held two meetings since it was constituted in September last year.
