One Nation, One Poll : P Chidambaram Says Sponsored By BJP It Seems “pre-determined and pre-packaged” ; Attempt To Sabotage Democracy Says Party

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Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has hit out at the BJP over the ‘one nation, one election’ move, alleging that like every other issue “sponsored by the BJP”, this seems to be “pre-determined and pre-packaged”.

In a tweet Chidambaram wrote,

The question of One Nation, One Election is a political-legal question.

Actually, it is more political than legal

Whether the question deserves to be considered at this stage is highly debatable.

All major political parties are stakeholders in this issue and they have not…

— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 2, 2023

His attack came after the government notified an eight-member high-level committee to examine and make recommendations at the earliest on the issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.

The committee will be headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind and will have Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad and former finance commission chairman N K Singh as members.

Meanwhile the Congress party has alleged that the high-level committee formed to make recommendations on “one nation, one election” is a systematic attempt to sabotage India’s parliamentary democracy.

Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal said the non-inclusion of the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, in the panel and instead, having a former leader of opposition in it, is an insult to Parliament.

We believe that the High Level Committee on Simultaneous Elections is nothing but a systematic attempt to sabotage India’s parliamentary democracy.

In a shocking insult to Parliament, the BJP has appointed a former LOP to the Committee instead of Rajya Sabha LOP Sh. Mallikarjun…

— K C Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) September 2, 2023

“We believe that the High Level Committee on simultaneous elections is nothing but a systematic attempt to sabotage India’s parliamentary democracy,” Venugopal said on X.