Overview
- The Lok Sabha approved the extension by voice vote, setting the panel’s deadline to the first day of the last week of the 2026 Budget Session.
- Chairman P. P. Chaudhary moved the motion after saying the report requires additional consultations with a wide range of stakeholders.
- The committee is examining the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which propose aligning national and state election cycles by adjusting legislative terms.
- Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal appeared as an expert and, as reported, opposed synchronised polls on basic-structure and federalism grounds.
- The panel’s next meeting is scheduled for December 17, following earlier briefings that included Law Commission Chairman Dinesh Maheshwari, whose commission recently said the proposals do not violate the Constitution’s basic structure.