PM Calls Meet on ‘One Nation, One Poll'

Let’s keep differences aside and work for nation’s progress, Modi tells leaders of Opposition parties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invited heads of all parties in Parliament to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss “one nation, one election”.

Ahead of the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, Mr. Modi addressed leaders of the Opposition at an all-party meeting where he asked them to introspect and urged Parliament to “reflect upon a new way of thinking along with new faces who have entered the august House”.

“We are for the people, we cannot win hearts by disrupting the functioning of Parliament. All parties must keep political differences aside and commit themselves to tirelessly work in the direction of nation’s progress,” he was quoted as saying by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.