Vice-President: The post, the provisions, and the past | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
Elections for Vice-President are scheduled for August 6, with the last date for filing nominations July 19.
WITH THE much-talked-about presidential race nearing its end, all eyes are on the person who will occupy the office of the Vice-President, which will fall vacant when the term of M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10.
Elections for Vice-President are scheduled for August 6, with the last date for filing nominations July 19.
The role
The office of the Vice-president is a unique feature of India, which follows a parliamentary system, and has no exact parallel in other democratic countries, including the Commonwealth.
The second-highest constitutional authority after the President, the Vice-President draws his or her powers from Article 63 of the Constitution, which states that “there shall be a Vice-President of India”. Article 64 goes on to confer upon the post the power to be “ex-officio Chairman of the Council of States (the Rajya Sabha)”.
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