He added that the opposition parties from Kanyakumari to Kashi entered the political battlefront to save India and appealed to patriotic citizens to join the battle to “protect mother India.”Taking to X (formerly Twitter), AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami , an NDA ally, strongly advocated simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. He said it would escalate the speed of the country's development and avoid political instability. In his post, Palaniswami dubbed the Union government as ‘federal.’Tagging the official handles of President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister and Election Commission of India, Palaniswami said if the electoral process was implemented, development would be the main focus of governance rather than populist schemes announced mid-way just for the sake of winning elections. “The DMK will continue to oppose the attempts of the BJP government to impose uniformity,” he said. The one nation, one election policy was needless and meaningless in India, a pluralistic country, NTK chief Seeman said, raising questions about the death of elected representatives, and the fall of governments that failed to meet the majority, withdrawal of support by parties.

Source: Daily Nation September 01, 2023 21:46 UTC