With reference to Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, consider the following statements : 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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 ✓ UPSC's answer
- (b) 1, 2 and 3
- (c) 3 and 4 only
- (d) 2 and 4 only
Why the answer is (a)
• Statement 1 is correct: under Rule 8 of the Lok Sabha Rules of Procedure, the election of the Deputy Speaker is held on a date fixed by the Speaker.
• Statement 3 is correct: when presiding, the Deputy Speaker has all the powers of the Speaker, and his rulings are final and cannot be appealed.
• Statement 2 is wrong: there is no mandatory rule that the Deputy Speaker come from the opposition or the ruling party; giving the post to the opposition is a convention, and the post was left vacant for the whole 17th Lok Sabha.
• Statement 4 is wrong: the motion is normally moved by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs or a member, not by the Speaker seconded by the Prime Minister.
• Hence 1 and 3 only, option (a).
Why the other options are wrong
- (b) 1, 2 and 3
- Statement 2 is wrong: there is no mandatory rule on the Deputy Speaker's party.
- (c) 3 and 4 only
- Statement 4 is wrong: the Speaker does not move the motion.
- (d) 2 and 4 only
- Statements 2 and 4 are both wrong.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2022, held on 5 June 2022. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.