NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal has rejected PM Narendra Modiโs ambitious proposal of One Nation, One Election, arguing that frequent elections give leveraging powers to common citizens.
โI would say we should have an election every three months,โ the Delhi chief minister told a poll rally in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Monday. The state, currently governed by INDIA ally Congress, goes to elections later this year.
He said that the simultaneous conduct of elections wonโt help common people โin any wayโ. โYou tell me โ when do politicians listen to you? It is during elections. And if elections are held at a gap of 5 years, the LPG cylinder which is selling at โน1000 will be sold at โน5000 while tomatoes which sells at โน250/kg will jump to โน1500/kg,โ he quipped.
Instead, he said, the emphasis should be on implementing โOne Nation, One Educationโ and โOne Nation, One Healthcareโ. โWhere both rich and poor receive equal education and healthcare services,โ he elaborated.
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Children of billionaires, farmers, workers and local vendors should receive an egalitarian form of education, he argued.
Kejriwal, who is known for doling out freebies to people, attributed BJPโs eagerness for ONOE to BJP leadersโ fear of elections โbecause they have to engage with the public during the electionsโ.
โIt pains me to see that after being in power for 9 years the PM is seeking votes in the name of ONOE. If the PM had done any significant development then he would have sought votes on that. But even after being the PM for 9 years, if someone seeks votes in the name of One Nation One Election, this implies this individual has not done anything.โ
Listing out โKejriwal ki Guaranteeโ, he said that if AAP is voted to power, it would provide 24-hour free electricity upto 300 units per month, waiver of outstanding electricity bills, free education and healthcare, โน1,000 to women above 18, and permanent employment to contractual employees.
โKejriwal might get into trouble because of these guarantees but he will fulfill all of them at any cost,โ said the Delhi CM.
He has made similar promises in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, another state where Congress is ruling. His promises of free electricity and healthcare, on the line of his much-publicised โDelhi Modelโ, is credited for the partyโs landslide victory in Punjab.
