Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution against the Centre's proposed 'One Nation, One Election' policy.
Chief Minister M K Stalin moved the resolution, besides another one urging the Centre not to go ahead with the proposed delimitation exercise to be taken up after 2026 based on the census.
The resolution said that the proposed model of simultaneous elections was against the “basis of democracy”.
The 'One Nation, One Election' move was "against democracy, impractical; not enshrined in the Constitution of India," the resolution said and urged the Union government not to implement it.
"Elections to local bodies, state Assemblies and Parliament are being held at different times on the basis of people centric issues in (a) vast and diverse country like India and it is against the idea of democratic decentralisation," the resolution added.
The chief minister moved one more resolution seeking to halt the delimitation process which is scheduled to be done in 2026.
“This August House urges the Union Government that the delimitation process to be carried out after 2026 on the basis of the census should not be carried out. Due to unavoidable reasons, if the number of seats on the basis of population were to increase it shall be maintained at the present ratio of the constituencies between the States in the State Assemblies and both Houses of Parliament fixed based on the population of 1971,” the resolution said.
“This August House also urges that States like Tamil Nadu should not be penalised for implementing various Socio-Economic Development programmes and Welfare Schemes for the benefit of the people over the past 50 years,” it added.
With PTI inputs