LS Approves Extension To Panel On One Nation One Election Till Winter Session

New Delhi, July 29: A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) reviewing the proposed legislation on simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies has received an extension to submit its report until the end of the upcoming Winter Session of Parliament. The extension was approved after committee chairman P.P. Chaudhary moved a resolution seeking more time for the panel to complete its examination. The proposal was passed by a voice vote in Parliament. The Winter Session is typically convened in the last week of November and continues until just before Christmas. The 41-member committee is scrutinising the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, which seeks to pave the way for the implementation of the "One Nation, One Election" framework. As part of its review process, the committee has been conducting consultations across the country on the proposal to hold simultaneous elections for the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies, and local bodies by 2029