Venkaiah Naidu advices against using populist measures for elections

Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, on Wednesday, October 16, forewarned all political parties against using vote-catching populist measures on eve of elections. He said that resorting to such measures would ultimately affect expenditure on development. He was interacting with  law students at Vice-President House in Delhi. During his speech, he highlighted that strengning democracy was in hands of people and added that voting was t only a right but a responsibility too. 

Vice President on voting wisely 

Venkaiah Naidu likewise called upon individuals to settle on a thought about decision while picking ir elected representatives. He said, "People should keep in mind 4 Cs--Character, Conduct, Calibre and Capacity while choosing ir representatives. Unfortunately, some people were trying to weaken democracy by promoting ar set of 4 Cs--caste, community, cash, and criminality. People should make a considered choice while choosing ir elected representatives". 

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State and Lok Sabha elections toger 

Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu also said that  concept of holding simultaneous elections to State Assemblies and Lok Sabha “should be a one-time affair". He also called for making judicial process more people-friendly.  vice president said law enforcement machinery and justice dispensing structures must be accessible, credible, equitable and transparently even-handed. "re is a lot of ground we have to cover in this regard", he added. 

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Amid Vice President’s call for having clean elections without vote-catching populist measures, Sharad Pawar on Wednesday was seen making comments on BJP-Shiv Sena. He conjured issue of farmers' suicide and said,

“People in rural areas tell me that y have t suffered anything worse than this rule of BJP-Shiv Sena. 16,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra in last five years." He had earlier also made comments like, “PM Modi and Amit Shah do t complete ir speeches without taking my name. Sometimes I am worried. I can understand Modiji is single. However, second one might be taking my name in his sleep as well, and his family members must be surprised". 

(With ANI Inputs)

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