Consider the following statements : 1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. 2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 2 only. A Panchayat formed after an early dissolution serves only the rest of the original term, but the minimum age to be a member is 21 years, not 25. Article 243F says a person qualified to be chosen to the State legislature can be a Panchayat member, with the age condition relaxed to 21 years. Article 243E fixes a five-year term for every Panchayat, requires fresh elections within six months of a dissolution, and says the reconstituted body continues only for the remainder of the five years the dissolved Panchayat would have had. Both provisions came with the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992, which added Part IX to the Constitution. Option A is wrong because statement 1 gives 25 years instead of 21. Option C is wrong because statement 1 is false. Option D is wrong because statement 2 is true. Exam tip: Panchayat member — minimum age 21; term five years; after early dissolution, elections within six months for the remaining term only.
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