The resolution, moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister MB Rajesh on behalf of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, criticized the proposal submitted by the high-level panel headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind.
He described the entire proposal as ‘a move to satisfy the BJP’s ego and asserted that Indian democracy cannot be bent to suit the greed of one party’.
Chief Minister Vijayan said the Union Government has a hidden agenda behind its decision to implement 'one nation, one election' in the country.
"When they can not hold elections in three or four states simultaneously, how will they be able to hold 'one nation, one election'?” he questioned.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said, “It is not at all practical in this country. They want to divert attention from present issues."
AAP leader Pankaj Kumar Gupta made the statement in response to High-Level Committee (HLC) on 'One Nation One Election' secretary Niten Chandra’s letter to party’s national convenor
The meeting unanimously approved budgetary provision for the HLC for current FY 2023-24. The meeting took note of resignation of leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from the membership of HLC.
Elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies were mostly held simultaneously from 1951-52 to 1967, after which the cycle got broken. Now elections are held almost every year and within a year too at different times.
The Telangana minister claimed that his party, the BRS, will come back to power with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao retaining his chair.
The Union Government has formed an eight-member committee on Saturday to examine the 'One Nation, One Election' with former President Ram Nath Kovind as its chairman
