New Delhi: The Congress said on Sunday that the high-level committee's 'One nation, One election' timing is suspicious and that the committee's terms of reference have already set its conclusions. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the committee's make-up is a dead giveaway, and that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was correct to decline an invitation to serve on it. "The High-level Committee on what is called "One Nation One Election" is a ceremonial exercise, the timing of which is exceedingly dubious. His statement was made on X (previously Twitter) and he emphasised that the suggestions were predetermined by the terms of reference.
Further, "the composition of the Committee is also a total give-away, and the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha @adhirrcinc last night very rightly refused to be part of it," he said.