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Stressing that the election system of Indian needs a change, senior BJP leader, L K Advani has urged the Centre and Election Commission to do the needful so that the general and assembly elections need not be conducted separately.
Advani, who was addressing an election rally in Haryana, said, "By this the democracy in the country will get stronger, wasteful expenditure will be decreased and there will be a saving of valuable time."
He also added that BJP will definitely support such a reform implemented by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. He also added BJP will be providing complete support to the ruling government if this reform requires any amendment in the Act through Parliament. He mentioned that the wrong traditions, which India has been following since 1971 has resulted in the general elections and assembly elections to held in a irregular fashion.
"By this, hindrances are coming in the way of development and democratic system of the country is getting weaker," he said, mentioning that the assembly and general elections were held simultaneously before that period.
The senior BJP leader mentioned that this "wrong foundation of conducting general and assembly elections on separate schedules, which is still being followed in the country” was adopted by Congress government led by late Indira Gandhi in 1971.
He mentioned that this has led to the weakening of democracy as well as the internal disruption of the nation.
"According to the Human Development Index, today we stand at 135th position on the basis of level of development, while during the NDA's rule, the country was ranked 115th on this index."
He also expressed his worry over the shortage of essential commodities as well as the alarmingly increasing rate of unemployment. He mentioned that, "The increase in prices of sugar, pulses, potatoes and onions has disturbed the budget of a common man and has exposed the Centre's ineffective policies before all."
Urging the people to vote out the Congress, Advani said, "In the name of SEZ, the government is giving benefits to its favourite industrialists at the cost of farmers."
