Lucknow. Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stressed on the need for more stringent reforms in the country’s electoral system. He said that according to the need of the hour, along with various electoral reforms, work is also needed on ‘One Nation One Voter List’.
Addressing a seminar organized by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Seva Pratishthan on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay here, Naqvi said that the elections for Panchayat, Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Vidhansabha, Lok Sabha and other elections will be held separately. Voter lists not only confuse but also raise questions on the credibility of the electoral rolls. Naqvi said that Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay gave a clear message, while alerting the country about money-power, muscle power in electoral politics, we should vote for the right person.
Naqvi said that one nation one voter list and one nation one voter card can solve this problem. According to a statement issued here, Naqvi said that in the year 2000, many important electoral reforms took place under the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took several initiatives towards electoral reforms and to control the use of black money by political parties, candidates in elections and for economic transparency, the Modi government made a legal system of electoral bonds. (Language)
