New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising two bills aimed at ushering in simultaneous state and national elections has decided to visit all states, meet political parties, the Election Commission of India, former judges, paramilitary forces, and a slew of stakeholders to review the proposal, people aware of the matter said on Friday.

The JPC, led by Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker PP Chaudhary, will invite suggestions from the Union home secretary, chief secretaries of states, and all registered political parties on the bills that aim to roll out simultaneous polls, an ambitious agenda of the Narendra Modi government.

The two bills include a Constitutional amendment and a bill to roll out simultaneous pol...