Question

Find out the incorrect statements about Vice-President in India.

(a) Person eligible for election of Vice-President has to complete age at 30 years.

(b) A member of State - Legislative can be a candidate for the office of Vice - President

(c) During the election of Vice - President nominated are electors.

(d) Members of state assembly do not vote in the election of Vice - President

1. (a), (c)
2. (a), (b)
3. (c), (d)
4. (a)

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : (a)

The correct answer is (a).

• The Vice-President
  • S/he occupies the second highest office in the country.
  • S/He is accorded a rank next to the President in the official warrant of precedence.
  • This office is modelled on the lines of the American Vice-President.

• ELECTION
  • ​The Vice-President, like the president, is elected not directly by the people but by the method of indirect election.
  • He is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament.
  • Thus, this electoral college is different from the electoral college for the election of the President in the following two respects:
    1. It consists of both elected and nominated members of the Parliament (in the case of president, only elected members).
    2. It does not include the members of the state legislative assemblies (in the case of President, the elected members of the state legislative assemblies are included).
• Qualifications
  • ​To be eligible for election as Vice-President, a person should fulfil the following qualifications:
    1. He should be a citizen of India.
    2. He should have completed 35 years of age. Hence, statement a is incorrect.
    3. He should be qualified for election as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
    4. He should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority.
  • But, a sitting President or Vice-President of the Union, the governor of any state and a minister for the Union or any state is not deemed to hold any office of profit and hence qualified for being a candidate for Vice-President.
  • Further, the nomination of a candidate for election to the office of Vice-President must be subscribed by at least 20 electors as proposers and 20 electors as seconders.
  • Every candidate has to make a security deposit of ₹15,000 in the Reserve Bank of India.
• Conditions of Office
  • ​The Constitution lays down the following two conditions of the Vice-President’s office:
    • He should not be a member of either House of Parliament or a House of the state legislature.
      • If any such person is elected Vice-President, he is deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.
    • He should not hold any other office of profit.