Question

Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct?

A. The President can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha.

B. The Governor can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly.

Select the correct answer from the given code :

1. Only A
2. Only B
3. Both A and B
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Only A

The correct answer is Only A.

• The President can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha is the correct statement.
• Two seats in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament, were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian minority between 1952 and 2020.
• On the advice of the Indian government, the President of India nominated these two members.
• During the formation of the Indian Constitution, the Anglo-Indian community was granted reservation under Article 331.
• The Anglo-Indian group was the only one in India to nominate representatives to the Lok Sabha (lower house) of the Indian Parliament.
• Frank Anthony, the first and longest-serving president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association, obtained this authority from Jawaharlal Nehru.
• This was done because the community had no native state of its own.
• The Governor can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly is a FALSE statement.
• The Governor can nominate 01 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly.

• The 126th Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019, when adopted as the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, abolished the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in India's Parliament and State Legislatures in January 2020