One nation, one election against basic structure: Mallikarjun Kharge

The Congress on Friday strongly opposed the idea of One Nation One Election in the country and said it goes against the guarantees of federalism and the basic structure of the Constitution reported news agency PTICongress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also demanded that the idea be abandoned and the highpowered committee formed in this regard be dissolved reported PTIIn 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 to be abused by the central government to subvert the Constitution and Parliamentary democracy reported PTIThe 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 highpowered committee dissolved Kharge said in his letter to Niten Chandra the secretary of the committee reported PTIOn behalf of the Congress party and the people of the country I humbly request the Chairman of the highlevel committee 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 Kharge said in his letter reported PTIHis letter came in response to Chandras letter of October 18 where he had invited suggestions for consideration of the high level committee constituted by the government for the purpose of one nation one election reported PTIThe government parliament and ECI should work together to ensure peoples mandate is respected rather than divert peoples attention by talking about undemocratic ideas like simultaneous elections Kharge saidEarlier Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hit out at the Modi government over the state of education in the country and said India shall ensure justice for its students in 2024More than Amrit Kaal we need Shiksha Kaal for India he said in a post on XIn 2024 India shall ensure NYAY for our students from the Modi Government for its report card on Education is marked with gross Failure he said citing the Annual State of Education Report ASERQuoting from the report he said 567 percent of 14 to 18yearold students in rural India cant do class 3 math and 265 percent of this age group still cannot read a class 2 level text fluently in their regional languageHe also noted that 25 percent of youth in the 1718 age group have discontinued education mostly due to lack of interestKharge also posted a 35second video along with his post that alleged that the BJP is destroying the future of our youngWith inputs from PTI