What is the current position of representation of the Anglo-Indian Community in Lok Sabha?

Indian Polity ·Previously asked in BPSC CCE 2024

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Question

What is the current position of representation of the Anglo-Indian Community in Lok Sabha?

  1. A. Nomination of them has been done away with by the 104th Constitutional Amendment (Correct answer)
  2. B. Two Anglo-Indians are nominated by the President
  3. C. They are nominated as per their population
  4. D. One Anglo-Indian is nominated by the President

Correct Answer

Option A — Nomination of them has been done away with by the 104th Constitutional Amendment

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Nomination of them has been done away with by the 104th Constitutional Amendment.

Key Points

  • Currently, there is no reserved nomination for the Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha. The provision (under Articles 331 and 333) that allowed the President to nominate up to two Anglo-Indians to the Lok Sabha (and the Governor one to each State Assembly) was discontinued by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019, with effect from 25 January 2020.
  • So the correct current position is that Anglo-Indian nomination has been done away with, making option (A) correct.

Additional Information

  • the same amendment extended SC/ST reservation in the legislatures but let the Anglo-Indian nomination lapse.