Correct Answer - Option 2 : Twenty five years
The correct answer is Twenty five years.
- In order to be chosen as a member of Parliament, the person must be an Indian citizen with no less than 30 years of age in the case of Rajya Sabha and should be no less than 25 years of age in the case of Lok Sabha.
- Any additional qualifications shall be prescribed by Parliament by law.
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Article 84 (b) of the Constitution of India provides the minimum age for becoming a candidate for the Lok Sabha election.
- The person should not be a proclaimed criminal and his/her name should be in the electoral rolls of the country.
- The term of the members of Lok Sabha is a maximum of 5 years.
- The members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the citizens of India by the law of universal suffrage that means each and every person above the age of 18 years has the right to vote for the suitable candidate.
- In the Lok Sabha, the speaker and the deputy speaker are elected from among its members by a simple majority of members present and voting in the house.
- There are no specific qualifications are prescribed for elected as the speaker of the house.
- Whenever the office of the Speaker falls vacant, the Lok Sabha elects another member to fill the vacancy.
- The date of the election of the Speaker is fixed by the President.
- From the above, we can conclude that Members of the Lok Sabha elect the Lok Sabha speaker.
Like the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker is also elected by the Lok Sabha itself from amongst its members.
- He is elected after the election of the Speaker has taken place.
- The date of election of the Deputy Speaker is fixed by the Speaker.
