New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- Senior Congress leader and MP Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday criticised the Centre's proposed One Nation One Election (ONOE) framework, arguing that simultaneous elections would significantly weaken the ability of polls held between general elections to enforce accountability on the government.

Drawing a comparison with the outcome of the US midterm elections, Ramesh said the results demonstrated the importance of midterm polls in holding elected governments accountable and alleged that the institutional balance at the core of a constitutional democracy had been "dangerously disturbed" in India since 2014.

In a post on X, Ramesh wrote, "The US mid-term elections have delivered a stunning verdict and decisively rejected ...