Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that if India has to become a developed nation and a world superpower by 2047, then political stability in the country and the states is necessary. The Education Minister was addressing as the Chief Guest on the occasion of the ‘One Nation One Election’ race at Delhi University. This race was organized by Delhi University on Wednesday, 30 April from DU’s Rugby Stadium. On this occasion, Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta congratulated DU students for participating in the race. DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh, while presiding over the program, said that Delhi University is playing an important role in the ‘One Nation One Election’ program. All the dignitaries including Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood and DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh flagged off the race.
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in his address that DU has a history of conceptualizing anything new in the country; Either it originates from DU campus or DU is at the forefront in its implementation. He said that after independence, till the 60s, simultaneous elections were held in India. This schedule has been disrupted for the last 50 years. Frequent elections lead to loss of time and revenue. This is not good for the progress of the country. Therefore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for ‘One Nation One Election’, the Lok Sabha adopted a resolution on it and stakeholders were consulted on it under the leadership of former President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind. Now the country has taken it as a mass movement. Dharmendra Pradhan said that the ‘One Nation One Election’ race is not just a race, but it is a race to make India the strongest country in the world by 2047.
Union Education Minister flagged off the ‘One Nation One Election’ run at Delhi University
On this occasion, Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Rekha Gupta said that today we have gathered in this campus of DU for the ‘One Nation One Election’ race, so this is also our responsibility towards the country. For this, we all have come here on one platform today. He said that due to repeated elections, thousands of crores of rupees are spent every year. Due to repeated imposition of code of conduct, development work gets affected. At the beginning of the program, DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh welcomed all the guests on coming to DU. The Vice Chancellor said that DU is playing an important role in the ‘One Nation One Election’ program. This is the third program of the month of April being organized in DU on this subject. Prof. Yogesh Singh said that this program is a good beginning which will help a lot in taking the country forward. On this occasion, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood and BJP National General Secretary Sunil Bansal also addressed.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Delhi Chief Minister Mrs. Rekha Gupta, Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood, BJP National General Secretary Sunil Bansal, DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Yogesh Singh, Dean of Colleges Prof. Balram Pani, Director of DU South Campus Prof. Shri Prakash Singh, Director of SOL Prof. Many dignitaries were present including Payal Mago, Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta, Vice Chancellor of Ambedkar University Prof. Anu Lather, Chief Whip of Delhi Government Abhay Verma, MLA Surya Prakash Khatri, MLA Jitendra Mahajan, Vice Chancellor of Sports University Rai Ashok Kumar and international wrestler Babita Phogat etc. Thousands of students, faculty members, non-teaching staff and alumni of the university etc. actively participated in this program. The ‘One Nation One Election’ race started from DU Rugby Stadium, passed through Gate No. 2, Chhatra Marg and after circling the DU campus, it ended at the stadium.