India extends tenure of committee examining simultaneous elections

The tenure of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bills that seek to introduce simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies was extended on Thursday (December 11, 2025). Committee Chairman P.P. Chaudhary moved in the Lok Sabha a motion seeking extension of the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, up to the first day of the last week of the 2026 Budget session. [ . . . ] The committee has met constitutional experts, economists, Law Commission Chairman Dinesh Maheshwari, among others, since it was constituted last December. Mr. Chaudhary had said on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) that preparation of the report on the Bills will take time because the committee has to listen to many stakeholders.
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