What Would We Get From 'One Nation, One Election': Arvind Kejriwal Questions BJP

Taking a dig at the Centre's move over 'One Nation, One Election', Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday interrogated the Bharatiya Janata Party the moto behind proposing such drive.

While addressing an event in Haryana, the AAP chief lashed out at the centre by saying what is the benefit of conducting simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats under the 'one nation, one election' drive headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind.

"Conduct hundred or thousand elections, what would we get?" Kejriwal asked the Modi-led BJP government.. Further taking a jibe at the centre, Kejriwal asked what is more important for the country - education or election.

He took to platform X, formerly Twitter by stating, "What is important for the country? One Nation One Election or One Nation One Education (Rich or poor, equal good education for all) One Nation One Treatment (Rich or poor, equal treatment for all) What will the common man get from One Nation One Election?"

Earlier Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also accused the centre by stating that the idea of 'one nation, one election' is an attack on the union and all its states. "INDIA, that is Bharat, is a union of states. The idea of 'one nation, one election' is an attack on the union and all its states," he wrote on X.

The government formed an eight-member committee on Saturday to examine the prospects of such drive that would conduct Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections of the state simultaneously. The panel was constituted days after the Centre announced a special session of the Parliament from September 18 to 22.

The members of the panel included Union Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former Congress President Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Finance Commission chairman NK Singh, former Lok Sabha secretary general Subhash C Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve and former chief vigilance commissioner Sanjay Kothari. The panel would be headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind.

However, Adhir Chowdhury refused to be the member of the panel by saying that the committee's 'terms of reference have been prepared in a manner to guarantee its conclusions. He also accused the government for the exclusion of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.