"Before 2029 Polls?" Asaduddin Owaisi Demands Caste Census Timeline

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi pressed for an early implementation of the caste census and sought to know whether or not the report will be available ahead of 2029 parliamentary elections.

Holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies is not undemocratic and does not hurt the federal structure, the Union law ministry told the joint committee of Parliament examining the bills on 'one nation, one election'.

Rajiv Kumar, who oversaw the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the crucial Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, demitted office on Tuesday as the 25th chief election commissioner after a nearly three-year tenure.

The Congress and the AAP, despite contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in an alliance, fought the Delhi Assembly elections alone.

The law ministry has been allotted Rs 500 crore for Lok Sabha elections, Rs 300 crore for identity cards for voters, and Rs 597.80 crore for other election expenses.

The Bharatiya Janata Party spent Rs 1,737.68 crore for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, according to the expenditure report submitted by the party to the Election Commission of India.