QUESTION 3
GS2
10 marks
Examine whether the constitutional office of the Lok Sabha Speaker has become vulnerable to partisan politics under the current anti-defection regime. What institutional changes are required to ensure the neutrality of the Lok Sabha Speaker in managing a polarised House?
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Evaluate how anti-defection adjudication exposes the Speaker to partisan incentives and design reforms that protect neutrality.
ExamineGo into the details, test each point against evidence, and conclude on what it shows.
Demand-wise check
- 1Why party origin plus quasi-judicial anti-defection power creates a conflict of role≈35 words
- 2How timing/disqualification decisions and House management can become politically consequential≈35 words
- 3Institutional reforms targeted to bias, delay and polarized House management≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Institutional tensionManifestationsConsequencesTargeted safeguards
Where marks usually go
- Discussing anti-defection law without connecting it to the Speaker’s role
- Recommending vague 'independence' without changing incentives or procedure
Value addition
- Conflict-of-role diagram: party origin ↔ constitutional neutrality
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Verified value additions
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