Hours after the Law Ministry announced the composition of the eight-member committee set up to examine the possibility of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the Assemblies, the Congress not only declined to be part of it but also questioned the exclusion of the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), party general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal said 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 [Ghulam Nabi Azad] instead of Rajya Sabha LoP Sh. Mallikarjun @kharge ji,” Mr. Venugopal said. He called the panel a “gimmick to distract from the Adani mega scam, unemployment, price rise and other pressing issues of the people”.
