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UPSC Prelims 2025 · Polity · Parliament, Bills & Budget
Consider the following statements:
- On the dissolution of the House of the People, the Speaker shall not vacate his/her office until immediately before the first meeting of the House of the People after the dissolution.
- According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, a Member of the House of the People on being elected as Speaker shall resign from his/her political party immediately.
- The Speaker of the House of the People may be removed from his/her office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then Members of the House, provided that no resolution shall be moved unless at least fourteen days’ notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution.
- (a) I and II only
- (b) II and III only
- (c) I and III only
- (d) I, II and III
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) I and III only
I = Art. 94 proviso; III = Art. 94(c) with 14 days’ notice; II has no basis in the Constitution.
Statement by statement
1. ✓ CORRECT — Art. 94 proviso So the Lok Sabha is never without a Speaker, even between two Houses.
2. ✗ WRONG No such rule. It is a British convention, not an Indian constitutional requirement. The Tenth Schedule even protects a Speaker who leaves the party on election to the post.
3. ✓ CORRECT — Art. 94(c) Removal: effective majority (majority of all the then members) with 14 days’ notice. While the resolution is under consideration the Speaker does not preside, but can speak and vote in the first instance (Art. 96).
The idea
Removal majorities differ by office: Speaker and Deputy Speaker — effective majority (all the then members), 14 days’ notice. Vice-President — Rajya Sabha effective majority + Lok Sabha simple majority. President — impeachment by two-thirds of total membership of each House.
Why the others are wrong
(a) Accepts II, which is British practice, not Indian law.
(b) Drops I, the Art. 94 proviso that keeps the Speaker in office after dissolution.
(d) The Constitution never forces the Speaker to resign from a party.
The trap
Speakers are expected to be neutral, and in the UK they leave their party, so II sounds right. The Indian Constitution does not require it.
🔒 Speaker: stays after dissolution till the new House’s first sitting · removed by effective majority + 14 days’ notice · no duty to quit the party.
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