Mayawati says BSP holds positive view on "one nation, one election"

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Wednesday said that her party holds a "positive" stand on the Union Cabinet's approval of the proposal to hold simultaneous elections but its objective should be national and public interest.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for 'one nation, one election' as recommended by the Ram Nath Kovind panel.

"Our party's stand on the approval given today by the Union Cabinet to the proposal to hold simultaneous elections of Lok Sabha, Assembly and local bodies in the country under the system of 'One Country, One Election' is positive," wrote Mayawati in Hindi on her officials handle on 'X'.

"But its objective must be in the national and public interest," she added in the same post.

’एक देश, एक चुनाव’ की व्यवस्था के तहत् देश में लोकसभा, विधानसभा व स्थानीय निकाय का चुनाव एक साथ कराने वाले प्रस्ताव को केन्द्रीय कैबिनेट द्वारा आज दी गयी मंजूरी पर हमारी पार्टी का स्टैण्ड सकारात्मक है, लेकिन इसका उद्देश्य देश व जनहित में होना ज़रूरी।

— Mayawati (@Mayawati) September 18, 2024

Most of the opposition parties have called the proposed move impractical and a "cheap stunt" by the ruling BJP.