New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved an extension for the parliamentary committee tasked with examining the Bills proposing simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state Legislative Assemblies.

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) Chairman P. P. Chaudhary moved the motion seeking to extend the tenure of the Joint Committee on the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, until the first day of the last week of the 2026 Budget Session, and the House cleared it through a voice vote.

Since its formation last December, the committee has held deliberations with constitutional experts, economists, and Law Commission Chairman Dinesh Maheshwari, among others.

The panel met again on Wednesday under Chaudhary’s chairmanship, wit

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