Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct? A. The President can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha. B. The Governor can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly. Select the correct answer from the given code :

Which of the following statement/statements is/are correct? A. The President can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha. B. The Governor can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly. Select the correct answer from the given code : Correct Answer Only A

The correct answer is Only A.

Key Points

• The President can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Lok Sabha is the correct statement.
• Two seats in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament, were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian minority between 1952 and 2020.
• On the advice of the Indian government, the President of India nominated these two members.
• During the formation of the Indian Constitution, the Anglo-Indian community was granted reservation under Article 331.
• The Anglo-Indian group was the only one in India to nominate representatives to the Lok Sabha (lower house) of the Indian Parliament.
• Frank Anthony, the first and longest-serving president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association, obtained this authority from Jawaharlal Nehru.
• This was done because the community had no native state of its own.
• The Governor can nominate 02 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly is a FALSE statement.
• The Governor can nominate 01 members from the Anglo-Indian Community if not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly.

Mistake Points

• Under Article 331, the President use to nominate 2 members of the Lok Sabha from the Anglo-Indians Community.
• In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State Legislatures of India were abolished by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019.