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The Rajya Sabha or the Council of States is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2021 it has a maximum membership of 245,of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through Open Ballot while the President can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art,literature,science,and social services. The potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 250,according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years,with elections every year with about a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years,in even-numbered years. The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions,and unlike the Lok Sabha,being the lower house of the Parliament,the Rajya Sabha,which is the upper house of Parliament,is not subjected to dissolution. However,the Rajya Sabha,like the Lok Sabha can be prorogued by the President.
The Lok Sabha,or House of the People,is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament,with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies,and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan,New Delhi.
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the President of India and the two houses:the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The President in his role as head of legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha. The president can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the Prime Minister and his Union Council of Ministers.
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency,the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha,the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories:the Delhi Legislative Assembly,Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister,he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become Speaker of the Legislature.
Frank Anthony was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India,and was until his death their nominated representative in the Parliament of India except 6th and 9th Lok Sabha. He served as the president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association.
General elections were held in India between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. They were the first elections to the Lok Sabha after independence in August 1947. It was conducted under the provisions of the Indian Constitution,which was adopted on 26 November 1949. Elections to most of the state legislatures took place simultaneously.
In India,a number of political positions and university posts are held for specific groups of the population,including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,and women in some cases.
The Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India,officially known as The Constitution Act,1969,discontinued reservation of seats for the Scheduled Tribes in Nagaland,both in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assembly and stipulated that not more than one Anglo-Indian could be nominated by the Governor to any State Legislative Assembly. Prior to the amendment,the number of Anglo-Indians who could be nominated to the State Legislative Assemblies,was left to the discretion of the Governor of the State. The amendment also extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies for another ten years,i.e. up to 26 January 1980.
George Baker is an Indian actor and politician. He is primarily known for his works in Bengali and Assamese language films. He is one of the two Members of Parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 (Anglo-Indian) of the Indian Constitution. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 and contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Howrah constituency during the 2014 Indian general election.
Richard Hay is an Indian politician,representing Bharatiya Janata Party,and was a Member of Parliament from Kerala as a nominated member of the Lok Sabha,representing the Anglo-Indian community from 2015 to 2019.
A Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha is the representative of the Indian people in the Lok Sabha;the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. Parliament of India is bicameral with two houses;Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories. Between 1952 and 2020,two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India.
Between 1952 and 2020,two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India,for members of the Anglo-Indian community. These two members were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of India. In January 2020,the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were discontinued by the 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019,when enacted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act,2019.
Hedwig William Rego is a teacher,social activist and a former nominated Anglo-Indian member of the 11th Lok Sabha (1997).
Rudolph Rodrigues was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Party.
Paul Mantosh is a prominent member of the Anglo-Indian community in India. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Dal.
LT. GEN. (RETD.) Neville Foley was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Samta Party.
The One Hundred and Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India,extends the deadline for the cessation for the reservation of seats for members from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies by a period of 10 years.