New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram on Tuesday said simultaneous elections were not possible in 2029, even if the One Nation One Election Bill was passed by Parliament.

In a post on X, Chidambaram said he had deposed before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on One Nation One Election (ONOE) and his basic submission was that the Bill violated the basic structure of the Constitution.

"I am grateful for the opportunity to present my views to the JPC on O.N.O.E. I am not at liberty to disclose my evidence to the JPC but the basic thrust of my deposition was that the Bill violated the basic features of the Constitution, especially the tenets of parliamentary democracy in a federal country," he ...