CPI General Secretary D Raja meets High-Level Committee on 'One Nation One Election'

New Delhi [India], February 7 : The chairman of the High-Level Committee (HLC) on One Nation One Election Ram Nath Kovind and its members former Leader of Opposition of Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chairman of 15th Finance Commission Dr NK Singh and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari held personal interactions with Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja as part of the consultations with political parties.
Raja submitted his views orally and in writing before the Committee on Wednesday in the meeting.
Earlier on Tuesday, the High-Level Committee (HLC) on One Nation One Election, chaired by Ram Nath Kovind, former President of India, on Tuesday continued consultations with representatives of industries on the subject of holding simultaneous elections in the country.
A delegation of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI), comprising of Anish Shah, President, Harsh Vardhan Agarwal, Senior Vice President, Anant Goenka, Vice President, SK Pathak, Secretary General, Jyoti Vij, Additional Director General and Anshuman Khanna, Assistant Secretary General of the organization met and made a presentation before the Chairman HLC Kovind and its members Ghulam Nabi Azad, former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, NK Singh, former Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, Dr Subhash C Kashyap, former Secretary General, Lok Sabha, and Sanjay Kothari, former Chief Vigilance Commissioner.
FICCI in their presentation, supported the concept of One Nation One Election, as multiple elections at various levels adversely impact the ease of doing business and lead to a slowing down in decision making. FICCI further suggested that savings of expenditure from holding Simultaneous Elections in the Country can be utilized for government spending to further promote economic growth and livelihood generation.
Last week, the Committee met with a delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) comprising Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, R Dinesh, President, Sanjiv Puri, President Designate, Marut Sen Gupta, Deputy Director General, Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, Binoy Job, Executive Director, and G Srivastava, Chief Economic Strategy and Project Coordination.
The delegation made a presentation before the committee in which the views of the industry on ONOE and its impact were highlighted, after which they presented a formal memorandum.
Recently, the High-Level Committee relating to holding simultaneous elections in the country has initiated a consultation process under the Chairmanship of Ram Nath Kovind, former President of India.
The High-Level Committee recently also sought public view regarding the One Nation One Election issue. A public notice issued stated that "Notice for inviting suggestions from members of the general public for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country", stated the notice.