NDA must bring in 'one-nation one election' system in the next 5 years: Rajnath Singh

According to Singh, the BJP delivered on its promises to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya, repeal Article 370, and outlaw triple talaq.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared on May 5 that the NDA needs to impose the "one nation-one election" system if it were to win another majority at the national level.

Speaking at an election rally at the Kadapa district's Jammalamadugu, he attacked the Andhra Pradesh government of the YSR Congress and said that the state's corrupt practices were to blame for its Rs 13.5-lakh-crore debt.

Attacking the YSRCP, Singh claimed that the public was tired of the incumbent party's poor handling of law and order. He also promised that Andhra Pradesh would be freed from "corruption" if the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was elected to power.

"The Lok Sabha elections are being held in Andhra Pradesh simultaneously with the Assembly polls. Our commitment is that we will implement one nation-one election in the next five years across the country so that time and energy is saved," the BJP veteran said.

Taking a dig at the Congress, he said the grand old party will disappear from the political landscape of the country, like dinosaurs disappeared off the face of the earth. "After ten years you ask any child, he will say what the Congress Party is," he mocked.

Although the Congress disregarded its former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao, Rajnath Singh said the NDA honoured him with the nation's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.

According to him, India's economy grew from being the fifth largest in the world to the third largest after Modi assumed the prime ministership.

Singh said that under Modi's leadership, as many as 25 crore people have been lifted out of poverty in the country.

He said that it was because of Modi that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was put on hold for four and a half hours, allowing India to evacuate 22,000 of its people.

The leaders of the BJP said that severe accusations of corruption were brought against the Congress during their previous rule, but not a single accusation of corruption was brought against the BJP governments led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Modi.

According to him, the BJP delivered on its promises to build the Ram temple in Ayodhya, repeal Article 370, and outlaw triple talaq.

(With inputs from agencies)