Panel on simultaneous elections Bills meets media personalities and economists

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose wrote a letter to Parliamentary Joint Committee chairperson P.P. Chaudhary asking what was the last “written or broadcast” work Sudir Chaudhary had done on the issue that would qualify him to speak on it and assist the committee. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

The Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the simultaneous elections Bills met with a group of prominent media persons on Monday (October 5, 2026), despite a written objection from at least one member against including television anchor Sudhir Chaudhary among the witnesses.

Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose wrote a letter to panel chairperson P.P. Chaudhary asking what was the last “written or broadcast” work Sudir Chaudhary had done on the issue that would qualify him to speak on it and assist the committee. She further noted that the chairperson should have invited legal correspondents or journalists who have extensively reported on the subject.