Babu bats for combined polls

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday, stressed the need for the whole nation to welcome ‘one nation-one election’ (jamili elections) system. The CM, after returning from a two-day Delhi visit, told the media persons on Wednesday that if the nation has sustainable governance, the whole country will witness speedy development.
“Combined elections should be held for Lok Sabha, Assemblies and the local bodies. Then, focus can be laid on development. We support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s objective of ‘one nation-one election’,” Chandrababu said.
“The NDA has come back to power under the leadership of Modi at the Centre and the BJP has come back to power in Haryana for the third consecutive term,” Chandrababu said and added that the BJP leaders worked in close coordination and the high command too worked hard to achieve this victory. In Haryana, BJP won 48 seats out of 90 with 39.94 per cent of votes — 3.54 per cent more than last time. Expressing the hope of favourable results in the upcoming elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, too, Chandrababu said that ‘one nation-one election’ is the policy of the NDA.
Chandrababu is confident that the nation will achieve a top position in the world under the leadership of Modi, and said that India will be the third largest economy in the globe very soon with Vikasitha Bharat-2047.
Stating that he called on seven Union Ministers, including the Prime Minister, during his two-day visit to New Delhi, the Chief Minister said that the Centre’s assistance is needed to bring the State back on track. Coming down heavily on former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chandrababu called him ‘the biggest curse to the State’.
He stated that welfare and progress should be taken further simultaneously and that Modi not only won the polls for the third consecutive term, but also undertook several welfare programmes. Chandrababu said that the State could boldly face the recent cyclonic storm and asked whether any leader from YSRCP was seen anywhere during the floods.
“The YSRCP leaders shamelessly tried to cause damage to Prakasam Barrage by pushing boats and now they are talking about matchboxes and food,” he said. The Chief Minister said that the Brahmotsavams in Tirumala and the Navaratri celebrations of Goddess Kanaka Durga are being celebrated in a grand manner and asked whether these festivities were held in similar manner earlier.
The Chief Minister said he made a request to the Centre to supply oxygen to the State, which is now reeling under a heavy debt burden of Rs 10.5 lakh crore, and stated that slowly the State is being brought on track. Chandrababu Naidu said that TDP is like a mother for regional outfits and recalled that the TDP founder, the late NT Rama Rao, formed the National Front bringing 35 regional parties onto a common platform.