Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday again emphasised the need to introduce the One Nation, One Election formula to save time and money of the country. Reiterating his idea for simultaneous elections across India, the Prime Minister said that One Nation, One Election is not a matter of debate only, but this is the need for India.

The Prime Minister toned the idea while addressing the concluding session of the 80th All India Presiding Officers Conference via video conference in Gujarat’s Kevadia on the occasion of the celebrations of Constitution Day.

He added One Nation, One Election’ isn’t just an issue of deliberation, but also need of the country. It hampers the developmental work and all of you know about it. We must think about it seriously and office-holders can lead deliberations on this. He further added as I would urge you to take initiatives to make aspects of our Constitution more popular among our youth and that too, through innovative methods.

As per the Prime Minister, “One Nation, One Election” would reduce the cost of holding elections, and limit all elections to a single season as elections happen somewhere or the other almost all the time at present. Modi has been pressing for holding a constructive dialogue to enable the Election Commission to hold elections simultaneously to bring down expenses.