‘No plans to advance or delay elections’: Union minister Anurag Thakur dismisses such stories as “media conjecture”

On Sunday (September 3), Union Minister Anurag Thakur publicly refuted claims that the Union authorities is planning to name snap Lok Sabha elections within the nation. He asserted that the Union authorities has no plans to name early elections, India Today reported. Dismissing such stories as ‘media conjecture’, the Minister said that PM Modi wish to serve the nation until the final day of his time period. 

Speaking to India Today, Thakur mentioned that the federal government has no plans to delay the upcoming meeting elections in order to carry them later together with the overall elections. He dismissed all of the stories that claimed that the federal government might advance or delay the polls and termed such stories as “media conjecture”.

He mentioned, “The government has set up a committee on One Nation, One Election, and the committee will do an extensive round of deliberations with stakeholders before norms are finalised for One Nation, One Election.” 

He careworn that the federal government would really like Congress chief and chief of the one largest occasion in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary to be part of the eight-member high-level committee shaped for deliberating the feasibility of holding simultaneous elections within the nation. 

He added, “Including the voice of the opposition shows the large-heartedness of the Modi government.” 

Though the Union Minister highlighted that the Union authorities has main plans for the 5-day particular session of Parliament which might start on 18 September, he didn’t disclose the agenda of the particular session. 

He mentioned, “The agenda of the special session will be revealed at the appropriate time by the Parliamentary affairs minister.” 

Union Minister Anurag Thakur’s remarks maintain significance because it comes at a time when Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar shared their apprehensions that PM Modi could name early Lok Sabha elections in December this yr. 

Additionally, there have been speculations that the Union authorities might introduce the One Nation, One Election invoice within the particular session, nonetheless, the opportunity of it appears extremely unlikely.  

Stating that One Nation, One Election is a constitutional reform that may profit the nation, the federal government has denied all these allegations raised by the opposition events. 

While the official gazette notification didn’t specify the timeline, India Today reported that the One Nation, One Election committee is predicted to submit its report inside six months. Afterwards, the Union authorities will take a name on whether or not to implement the suggestions of the committee or not. 

While some have welcomed the proposal, others have expressed their apprehensions highlighting the complexities of its execution. However, the federal government has maintained that it’ll maintain vast consultations on the One Nation, One Election proposal earlier than taking any closing resolution.