CM Revanth’s Proposal to Lower Age Limit for MLAs Gets Mixed Response
1 month, 3 weeks ago

CM Revanth’s Proposal to Lower Age Limit for MLAs Gets Mixed Response

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's proposal to lower the minimum age limit to contest Legislative Assembly elections from the current 25 to 21 years got mixed responses from opposition parties. Telangana BJP president and Union Coal and Mines minister G. Kishan Reddy said that his party is not opposing the lowering of the minimum age. AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said he was the only MP who had moved a private member Bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to lower the age to contest Assembly elections in August 2022. According to the Bill, the minimum age to become a member for the Assembly or Parliament must be 20 years, 22 to become a Legislative Council member; and 25 years to become a Rajya Sabha member.” Owaisi pointed out that the private member Bill also proposed a ban on the arbitrary denial of rights to vote or contest in elections.

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DC Edit | Can we have 21-year-old MLAs?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC Edit | Can we have 21-year-old MLAs?

Deccan Chronicle  

Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy has called for lowering the minimum age criteria for contesting Assembly elections from the current 25 years to 21 years to ensure that political representatives reflect the country’s young demographic. According to Articles 84 and 174 of the Constitution, the minimum age for members of the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies is 25 years, …

Revanth Reddy suggests lowering minimum age to contest Assembly polls to 21
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Revanth Reddy suggests lowering minimum age to contest Assembly polls to 21

India Today  

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy suggested that the minimum age to contest Assembly elections should be reduced from 25 to 21 years. At the event, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy highlighted the role of such initiatives in promoting civic awareness and engagement among students. He encouraged the young attendees of the mock assembly to closely observe the functioning of the …

Chadha calls for lowering age to contest elections
5 months, 1 week ago

Chadha calls for lowering age to contest elections

New Indian Express  

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 …

Reduce minimum age to contest polls from 25 to 21: AAP MP
5 months, 1 week ago

Reduce minimum age to contest polls from 25 to 21: AAP MP

The Hindu  

Arguing for incentivising the youth to bring them into politics, Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha implored the government to bring down the minimum age to contest elections from 25 to 21 years. Mr. Chadha said politics had gained ill-repute and while younger generations aspire to be engineers and doctors, rarely did any one chose politics as their career. “I …

AAP MP Raghav Chadha wants Govt to reduce minimum age for fighting elections to 21 years. Here is why
5 months, 1 week ago

AAP MP Raghav Chadha wants Govt to reduce minimum age for fighting elections to 21 years. Here is why

Live Mint  

Aam Aadmi Party Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha has demanded that the minimum age for contesting elections in India be reduced from the current 25 to 21 years. When the first Lok Sabha was elected after Independence, Chadha said, 26 per cent of members were less than 40 years old. "I have a suggestion for the government of India: the …

Raghav Chadha wants 21 to be minimum age for contesting polls, says, 'We're young country with...'
5 months, 1 week ago

Raghav Chadha wants 21 to be minimum age for contesting polls, says, 'We're young country with...'

India TV News  

Stressing the need to incentivise youth so that they enter into mainstream politics, the Aam Aadmi Party Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha today made a strong pitch in Rajya Sabha to reduce the minimum age for contesting Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections in India from 25 years to 21 years. "We are a young country with old politicians, we …

Reduce age to contest Lok Sabha, Assembly polls to 18, suggests Parliamentary panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Reduce age to contest Lok Sabha, Assembly polls to 18, suggests Parliamentary panel

India TV News  

Panel recommendation: A parliamentary panel has advocated slashing the minimum age to contest the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections arguing that it would give the youth equal opportunities to engage in democracy. In the present framework, the candidate needs to be at least 25 years of age to contest Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, and 30 years to be elected …

Reduce age to contest polls to 18 yrs, says parliamentary panel; ECI disagrees
1 year, 5 months ago

Reduce age to contest polls to 18 yrs, says parliamentary panel; ECI disagrees

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has recommended reducing the minimum age for contesting national and assembly elections from 25 years to 18 years to “enable greater youth participation in decision-making process”. The Election Commission of India has not favoured changing the current age requirement for Lok Sabha or assembly elections The recommendation was made in the 132nd report on “Specific …

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