Prashant Kishor identified that issues have been “completely different up to now”. (File)
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Friday mentioned “one nation one election” may very well be useful for the nation offered the transfer was initiated with good intentions.
The Jan Suraaj Occasion founder buttressed his level with the instance of legal guidelines “introduced in ostensibly to clamp down on terror however used for focusing on one explicit neighborhood”.
He was responding to queries from journalists on the Union cupboard’s nod to the Payments for holding simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, which at the moment are more likely to be tabled quickly in Parliament.
“I’ve been concerned in lots of elections. I’ve observed that yearly a sizeable a part of the nation stays concerned in some election, at nationwide or state stage”, mentioned Prashant Kishor, whose ballot consultancy agency IPAC dealt with campaigns of leaders as various as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Aam Aadmi Occasion chief Arvind Kejriwal and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Prashant Kishor identified that issues have been “completely different up to now”.
“A minimum of until Nineteen Sixties, polls have been being held concurrently for Lok Sabha and state assemblies. If it occurs once more, will probably be good for the nation. However a clean part of transition have to be ensured. Such a change should not be tried in a single day,” he mentioned.
The Jan Suraaj Occasion supremo, whose fledgling outfit has been making an attempt to win over Muslims of Bihar, additionally remarked “success of the proposed Payments would rely rather a lot on the perceived intentions of the Centre. You’ll be able to convey a regulation within the title of combating terror solely to harass a specific neighborhood”.
Prashant Kishor’s feedback come within the backdrop of misgivings within the political circles that “one nation one election” may very well be used to focus on state governments run by events against the ruling BJP on the Centre