ONOE Not Practical: Kharge

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday said ‘one nation, one election’ is not practical and alleged that the BJP comes up with such things to divert attention from real issues when elections approach. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge made the assertion as the Union Cabinet approved the proposal for ‘one nation, one election’ as recommended by the Kovind panel.

The panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind had submitted the report in March ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha elections. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the report was approved unanimously by the Cabinet.

Asked about the issue, Kharge said at a press conference here, “It is not practical. It will not work. When elections come, and they are not getting any issues to raise, then they divert attention from real issues.”

Later, in a post in Hindi on X, the Congress chief said ‘one nation, one election’ is just a BJP issue to divert attention. “This is against the Constitution, this is contrary to democracy, this is against federalism. The country will never accept this,” he said.

Senior Congress leader TS Singhdeo said, “It is only a strategy of political convenience, and what I can see is nothing beyond that. The same party which is governing the country as part of the NDA has been talking about this for the past few years.” “You see their intent.