NEW DELHI, JUL 29 (PTI): A joint committee of Parliament examining a bill to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was on Wednesday granted a fresh extension till the end of the Winter session.
Committee chairman PP Chaudhary moved a resolution seeking extension of the deadline for submission of the Committee’s report till the first day of the last week of the Winter Session.
The resolution was passed by voice vote.
The 41-member Committee is examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024 to implement the One Nation One Election framework.
The Committee has been conducting nationwide consultations on the proposed rollout of simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies by 2029.
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