- As per the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, the election of Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Speaker may fix.
- There is a mandatory provision that the election of a candidate as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha shall be from either the principal opposition party or the ruling party.
- The Deputy Speaker has the same power as of the Speaker when presiding over the sitting of the House and no appeal lies against his rulings
- The well-established parliamentary practice regarding the appointment of Deputy Speaker is that the motion is moved by the Speaker and duly seconded by the Prime Minister.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
a. 1 and 3 only
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4 only
d. 2 and 4 only
Answer: a
Explanation:
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha section(8):
The election of a Deputy Speaker shall be held on such date as the Speaker may fix, and the Secretary-General shall send to every member notice of this date.
Hence, statement 1 is correct.
Nowhere has it been mentioned that the deputy speaker has to be mandatorily from the ruling or principal opposition party. Until the 10th Lok Sabha, both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker came from the ruling party. From the 11th Lok Sabha, there has been a consensus that the Speaker comes from the ruling party/alliance, and the post of deputy Speaker goes to the main opposition party.
Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
The Deputy Speaker has the same powers as the Speaker when presiding over a sitting of the House and all references to the Speaker in the Rules are deemed to be references to the Deputy Speaker when he so presides.
It has been consistently held that no appeal lies to the Speaker against a ruling given by the Deputy Speaker or any other person presiding over a sitting of the House in the absence of the Speaker
Hence, statement 3 is correct.
Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Lok Sabha section(8(2)):
At any time before noon on the day preceding the date so fixed, any member may give notice in writing, addressed to the Secretary-General, of a motion that another member be chosen as the Deputy Speaker of the House, and the notice shall be seconded by a third member and shall be accompanied by a statement by the member whose name is proposed in the notice that the member proposed is willing to serve as Deputy Speaker if elected (Provided that a member shall not propose one’s own name, or second a motion proposing the member’s own name, or propose or second more than one motion).
Hence, statement 4 is incorrect.
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