One nation, one election ‘weapon of mass distraction’: TMC’s Derek O’Brien

NEW DELHI: The Centre’s decision to bring a bill on simultaneous elections is aimed at diverting attention from important issues like unemployment and inflation, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien said on Saturday, calling the proposed step a “weapon of mass distraction”.

In a post on his blog, the TMC Parliamentary Party leader in the Rajya Sabha claimed that the “One Nation, One Election (ONOE)” proposal is to “distract from the real issues: unemployment, inflation, anti-federal policies, Manipur, a plummeting rupee, fuel prices not being cut despite a decline in global crude oil prices and more”.

“The ONOE is another ‘Weapon of Mass Distraction’!” O’Brien said in his blog.