Question

The Joint Sitting of the Indian Parliament for transacting a legislative business is presided over by

1. The President of India
2. The senior most Member of Parliament
3. The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
4. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : The Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The correct answer is The speaker of the Lok Sabha.

• The joint sitting of the Indian Parliament for transacting a legislative business is presided over by The speaker of the Lok sabha.
• The joint sitting is called by the President.
• In his absence of the speaker of the Lok sabha, the sitting is presided over by the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
• The quorum to constitute a joint sitting: 1/10th of the total number of members of the House.
• A joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament of the Indian Constitution given in Article 108. 

 

 

Speaker of Lok Sabha

• The speaker of Lok Sabha is a member who elected from amongst the members of the house. He chairs the house and no proceedings in the house take place in his absence.
• 1st Lok Sabha Speaker – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar 
•  17th Lok Sabha elections (2019 General Elections), Om Birla is the speaker of Lok Sabha.