Tenure of Joint Parliament Committee examining simultaneous polls extended

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 motion was adopted by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha.

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.

“The report will take time. We have to listen to many stakeholders. It should be done after listening to all stakeholders because it’s a very big election reform,” he had said after a meeting of the Committee in the Parliament House complex.

Senior Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal, who is also an Independent Rajya Sabha MP, had appeared before the committee as an expert on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) and answered queries on the Bills.