‘Simultaneous polls’ a bid to divert consideration from key points: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray immediately, 17 December, claimed the Centre’s transfer to introduce a invoice on simultaneous polls within the Lok Sabha was an try and divert consideration from points plaguing the nation.
Addressing reporters in Maharashtra’s Nagpur metropolis, Thackeray demanded a clear election course of earlier than implementation of the ‘One Nation One Election’ proposal.
Even the election commissioners ought to be elected by means of polls, the previous state chief minister stated, although he didn’t elaborate on go about it.
Thackeray additionally stated that the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra authorities ought to give Rs 2,100 monthly to girls below the Ladki Bahin scheme, as promised earlier than the state meeting polls held final month.
At the moment, girls are offered Rs 1,500 monthly below the scheme, which some have claimed had performed a key function within the BJP–Shiv Sena–NCP Mahayuti coalition’s victory within the 20 November state meeting polls.
The winter session of the state legislature is at present underway in Nagpur.
Immediately, regulation minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved within the Lok Sabha two payments which lay down the mechanism to carry simultaneous polls within the nation, with the Opposition dubbing the draft legal guidelines as an assault on the fundamental construction.