[Solved] With reference to Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, consider the following statements: 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. There is a mandatory provision that the election of candidate as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha shall be from either the principal opposition party or the ruling Party. 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. The well-established parliamentary practice regarding the appointments of Deputy Speaker is that the motion is moved by the Speaker and duly seconded by the Prime Minister.

Q20) 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 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 appointments 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?

1. 1 and 3 only
2. 2. 1, 2 and 3
3. 3. 3 and 4 only
4. 4. 2 and 4 only

Answer: 1

· Under Article 94, the speaker resigns from his office by writing to the Deputy Speaker.

· Statement 4 is not correct: Article 93 provides for “The House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker and Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the House shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.”

· Statement 1 is correct: Being an important constitutional office, the election is usually held on next sitting after Speaker selection as President fixes date for Speaker election and after being elected the Speaker fixes the date for Deputy Speaker election.

· Statement 2 is not correct: There is no 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. It is by convention that position of Deputy Speaker is offered to opposition party in India.

· Statement 3 is correct: 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.