Overview
- Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairman P. P. Chaudhary moved the motion, which the House passed by voice vote.
- The committee continues hearings after taking expert input from senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal, with proceedings kept confidential.
- Sibal is reported to have opposed synchronised polls on constitutional and federalism grounds, while Chaudhary described the session as constructive.
- The panel’s next meeting is scheduled for December 17 as it examines the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
- Introduced in December 2024 by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, the bills seek to align election cycles, and the 23rd Law Commission has said the proposal does not violate the Constitution’s basic structure.