Tenure of Joint Parliament Committee examining simultaneous polls extended

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The tenure of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bills that question to present simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies was extended connected Thursday (December 11, 2025).

Committee Chairman P.P. Chaudhary moved successful the Lok Sabha a question seeking hold of the tenure of the Joint Committee connected the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, up to the archetypal time of the past week of the 2026 Budget session.

The question was adopted by a dependable ballot successful the Lok Sabha.

The committee has met law experts, economists, Law Commission Chairman Dinesh Maheshwari, among others, since it was constituted past December.

Mr. Chaudhary had said connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) that mentation of the study connected the Bills volition instrumentality clip due to the fact that the committee has to perceive to galore stakeholders.

“The study volition instrumentality time. We person to perceive to galore stakeholders. It should beryllium done aft listening to each stakeholders due to the fact that it’s a precise large predetermination reform,” helium had said aft a gathering of the Committee successful the Parliament House complex.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal, who is besides an Independent Rajya Sabha MP, had appeared earlier the committee arsenic an adept connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) and answered queries connected the Bills.

Published - December 11, 2025 10:08 p.m. IST

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