​Education As Minimum Qualification to Contest Local Elections

  • Recently, Rajasthan Government has scrapped education criteria for Panchayati Raj elections.
  • Under Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2015 it was made mandatory for people contesting Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Municipal elections to have cleared Class 10.
  • Previously Supreme Court had held that the Right to Contest is a Constitutional Right rather than a fundamental or statutory right and it can be regulated and curtailed through laws passed by the appropriate legislature.
  • 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 provides for mandatory constitution of Panchayati Raj Institution as third tier of government at village level.
  • As per Article 243 (K) (4) of the Constitution, State ....
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