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Chadha calls for lowering age to contest elections

NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday pitched for reducing the minimum age for contesting elections to 21 years from the current 25 years, saying the move will enable more youth to participate in politics. We must aspire to become a young country with young politicians,” he said in the Rajya Sabha, adding that 50% of the population in India is below the age of 25 years. Chadha said 29 per cent of the people elected to the first Lok Sabha were below the age of 40 years. “I have a suggestion to the government through the Chair of RS that the minimum age for contesting elections should be reduced from 25 to 21 years,” he said.

New Indian Express

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