Former Union Law Minister and Congress leader Veerappa Moily has criticized the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal, arguing that it serves Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal interests rather than addressing public needs. He noted that while simultaneous elections were held until 1967, the political landscape has since evolved. Moily warned that this proposal is part of a broader agenda linked to the RSS and BJP. He cautioned that it could be a precursor to imposing 'One Nation, One Culture,' aiming to centralize control and standardize cultural practices across India.
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00:00You know, the process of consultation is distorted.
00:04We appointed a committee under the former president of India, COVID.
00:10What is the consensus?
00:13Has he gone to the states? Has he gone to all regional parties?
00:19Has he properly consulted the main parties, national parties?
00:26No.
00:28Whereas, I was a law minister.
00:30We came out with an agenda of the electoral reforms.
00:34We went around, you know, seven important cosmopolitan cities in the country.
00:42And we called the references from all the stakeholders, the people, activists.
00:51That process has not undergone.
00:53Even Mr., you know, the former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh,
00:58he himself hosted one of the conventions held at Bhopal.
01:02None of these issues came.
01:05One nation, one election matter did not crop up at all.
01:09That was not an issue of the people.
01:11It's only an issue of Mr. Modi, who wanted to centralize everything.
01:16He thinks that he is the perpetual prime minister of this country.
01:20To build his image, he is doing it.
01:23There are a lot of problems.
01:25You know, it is not that, you know, the Congress party has not attempted on this.
01:31In the year 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1967, elections to the Lok Sabha and assemblies were held together.
01:42Not that it is a new experiment.
01:44The situation at that time was different from the situation of today.
01:48Now, many regional issues have come.
01:52Regional ethos have come.
01:53Regional parties have come.
01:55And, you know, the issues which are relevant in the assembly may not be relevant for the national election.
02:03They are fought all together.
02:05He knew because many states are losing elections, Mr. Narendra Modi.
02:09He thinks by doing this, he will capture all the states.
02:14This will not be a democracy.
02:17It will be definitely a dictatorship.
02:21Build one man's image is not democracy.
02:25Yes.
02:27But they say that this is necessary for the progress of the country.
02:30And, like, it will save money also.
02:34Then is he confessing that he could not make any progress all these 10 years?
02:38That is not the case.
02:42Case is that, you know, he wants to create one national ethos.
02:46This is the secret agenda of RSS and secret agenda of BJP.
02:51And, you know, tomorrow they may come out one culture, one language.
02:55You should be prepared for these onslaughts.
02:58These are all the onslaughts on the democracy of the country.
03:01Democratic ethos of the country.