Correct Answer - Option 4 : Neither A nor B
The Correct answer is Neither A nor B.
- As per Article 243F, no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty-five years of age if he has attained the age of twenty-one years. Hence, a person becomes eligible for contesting the elections to Panchayats and municipalities after he/she has attained the age of twenty-one years. This is in contrast to eligibility for contesting legislative assembly elections and Lok Sabha elections wherein the minimum age required for the candidates is twenty-five years.
- Hence statement A is not correct.
- A person shall be disqualified for being a member of a Panchayat if he is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for the purposes of elections to the Legislature of the State concerned or if he is so disqualified by or under any law made by the Legislature of the State.
- If any question arises as to whether a member of a Panchayat has become subject to any of the disqualifications, the question shall be referred for the decision of such authority and in such manner as the Legislature of a State may provide.
- Hence statement B is not correct.
