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Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from various States - Kadyan

Sukanya Kadyan, Spokperson - activist of the OIPA in India | 25.07.2009 00:06

Elected persons to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from various states tenure shall be for six years where as Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage terms shall be five years, if a person defeated in direct election for Lok Sabha then easily he can elected for Rajya Sabha needs some attention to amend the procedures said Naresh Kadyan, representative of the International Organization for Animal Protection - OIPA in India.

Ajay Singh Chautala with Sampat Singh : both looser Bhiwani and Hissar
Ajay Singh Chautala with Sampat Singh : both looser Bhiwani and Hissar


Parliament is the supreme legislative body in India which comprises of the President and the two Houses-Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of up to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President, if, in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House. The total elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States - http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/our%20parliament/par1.htm.
Lok Sabha is the active part of Indian Parliament and people elected by direct votes for this house where as council of states members Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote.
If a person defeated in direct election Lok Sabha then he can not be elected for Rajya Sabha for a particular period said Naresh Kadyan because Ajay Singh Chautala defeated twice Lok Sabha elections from Bhiwani in Haryana but elected for Rajya Sabha enjoying same status where as at present congress party have majority in Haryana assembly might be do not have faith in Ajay Chautala but he is representing in upper house needs attention, amendments. People used to do easy politics via entry in Rajya Sabha using their good connections or they changed their loyalty to enter in upper house.

"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice."--Mahatma Gandhi


Sukanya Kadyan, Spokperson - activist of the OIPA in India
- e-mail: kadyan.ipfa@gmail.com
- Homepage: http://www.pfaharyana.in/