[ad_1] New Delhi: The first meeting of the Joint Committee of Parliament formed to consider two bills providing for simultaneous elections of Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies in the country will be held on January 8. The first meeting of the joint committee on bills related to simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, chaired by BJP member PP Choudhary, is likely to be an introductory meeting in which officials will brief about both the bills, sources said.Formation of JPC with 39 membersA 39-member Joint Committee of Parliament has been constituted to consider the 'Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024' and the related 'Union Territory Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024', which provides for simultaneous holding of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. . BJP MP and former Minister of State for Law P.P. Chaudhary has been made the chairman of this committee.Members of these parties includedOf the 39 members of the committee, 16 are from BJP, five from Congress, two each from Samajwadi Party, TMC and DMK and Shiv Sena, TDP, JDU, RLD, LJP (Ram Vilas), Jan Sena Party, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (Sharad Pawar ), CPIM, Aam Aadmi Party, BJD and YSR Congress Party.22 members of NDA and 10 members of India AllianceNDA has a total of 22 members in the committee, while the opposition Indian Alliance has 10 members. BJD and YSR Congress Party are not members of the ruling or opposition alliance. The committee has been asked to submit the report by the first day of the last week of the upcoming budget session. These bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha on 17 December. [ad_2]
