Kharge was amused to hear argument that holding simultaneous elections will result in financial savings
Reportedly the congress on friday strongly opposed the “undemocratic” idea of holding simultaneous elections in the country and said it goes against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution. congress chief mallikarjun Kharge also demanded that the idea be abandoned and the high-powered committee formed to study it be dissolved. In a letter to the secretary of the committee on one nation, one election, he requested former president ram Nath Kovind, who heads the panel, “not to allow his persona and the office of the former president of india to be abused by the Union government to subvert the constitution and parliamentary democracy in this country”.“The indian national congress is strongly opposed to the very idea of ‘One Nation, One Election’. For the sake of maintaining a thriving and a robust democracy, it is imperative that the entire idea must be abandoned and the high-powered committee dissolved,” Kharge said in his letter to Niten Chandra, the secretary of the committee. He said the committee seems to have “already made up its mind and seeking a consultation seems to be an eye wash” Kharge said.He said the composition of the committee is “biased” as it was formed without giving substantial representation to the Opposition parties that head various state governments that would be affected by the recommendations of this committee. “When the committee is headed by no less than the former President of india, it is distressing when even common voters feel the consultations of the committee are likely to be a presence since minds have already been made up. Firm views in support of the proposal have already been expressed in public and a dispassionate analysis of pros and cons is not being attempted in a serious and systematic manner,” the congress chief said in his response. He also said that the committee is relying on the niti aayog report, which is neither a constitutional nor a statutory body and the high level committee should not have referred to it.