Question
UPSC Prelims 2017 Question:
Right to vote and to be elected in India is a
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 3: Constitutional Right
Detailed Solution
Explanation:
- Article 325 of the Constitution of India states that “no person to be ineligible for inclusion in, or to claim to be included in a special, electoral roll on grounds of religion, race, caste or sex”.
- Article 326 of the Constitution of India provides that ‘elections to the House of the People and to the Legislative Assemblies of States to be on the basis of adult suffrage’.
- As the Right to Vote has been provided to the Indian citizens by the Constitution, it means it is a Constitutional Right.
Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.
Subject: Polity | Elections
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