‘Dissolve govt today and hold elections’: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s challenge to PM Modi on ‘one nation, one election’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday challenged the urgency of implementing the “One Nation, One Election” proposal, calling for immediate action if the government is serious about the initiative. He said that if there is “so much hurry” for the initiative then Prime Minister Narendra Modi should ” dissolve the government, hold elections once again in the whole country.”
“The Prime Minister is coming today, dissolve the government, hold elections once again in the whole country,” he said.
” If there is so much hurry for one nation one electionthen the governments of the whole country should be dissolved today itself and elections should be held, if there is so much hurry….’Yeh log Khodne vale log hain, hum log khojne vale hain’,” the SP chief told news agency ANI.

Yadav’s remarks came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled address to parliament on the 75th anniversary of India’s Constitution.
The “One Nation, One Election” bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on Thursday and aims to enable simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Two related bills, the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, are set to be introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
However, the proposal has drawn sharp criticism from opposition leaders. Congress leaders have also voiced their opposition. Senior Congress MP Digvijay Singh questioned the feasibility of the plan, particularly in cases where state governments fall mid-term. “If a government loses its majority in six months, will the state remain without governance for the next four and a half years? This is impractical,” he said.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh demanded that the bill be referred to a joint parliamentary committee, arguing it undermines federalism and democratic principles. He reiterated the Congress party’s longstanding opposition to the idea, citing a detailed letter sent by party president Mallikarjun Kharge to former President Ram Nath Kovind earlier this year.
The BJP, on the other hand, has hailed the initiative as a landmark move to streamline electoral processes and save public resources. Prime Minister Modi has praised the constitutional amendment as a step forward in strengthening democracy.
The proposal has polarised political discourse, with several INDIA bloc parties rejecting it as a threat to the federal structure, while BJP allies have welcomed the move.