Lucknow, July 14 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Tuesday pushed back against the proposed 'One Nation-One Election' bill, which is being deliberated by a parliamentary committee, stating that stripping India's election process down to a centralised exercise is not in the country's "interests".

Speaking to reporters, Rai stated that "overhaul" of the whole poll process is not required, and that the proposed act has "numerous shortcomings"

Rai's remarks come after the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, held consultations in Lucknow as part of its nationwide study visit programme. The bill aims at...