Parliamentary panel on simultaneous elections will get extension until final week of winter session

The Parliamentary committee inspecting two payments to implement the system of holding Lok Sabha and meeting elections collectively was on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) granted a recent extension until the final week of the Winter session.

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A movement moved by chairperson of the Joint Committee of Parliament (JCP) P.P.Choudhary was handed by the House by a voice vote.

According to the movement, the panel has been given time until as much as the primary day of final week of the Winter session, 2025, to current its report.

The goal of the Bill is to allow the final elections for the union territory legislative assemblies to coincide with the final elections of the Lok Sabha, as an integral a part of the federal government’s coverage to conduct simultaneous elections all through the nation.

The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 amends the Constitution to conduct elections for Lok Sabha and all State Assemblies collectively (simultaneous elections)in addition to one other invoice for holding elections to the union territory assemblies as a part of the simultaneous elections.

Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir are the three Union Territories.