Yes, a naturalized citizen can be a prime minister of India, for becoming the prime minister of India must be citizen of India, should be a member of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and if a person elects as a prime minister of India without the membership of Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha then he must be a member any of one house within six months and for becoming the member Lok Sabha (above 25 years of age) or for Rajya Sabha (above 30 years of age).
Who elects prime minister of India?
According to the Indian parliamentary system of government, the majority party or coalition who have majority in the Lok Sabha seats, elect the candidate for the post of prime minister.
Who appoints the Prime Minister of India, and how?
In constitution of India, according to article 75, prime minister of India will be appointed by the president of India. In parliamentary system of government, president has to appoint to the candidate of the majority party or coalition of Lok Sabha as the prime minister and ask him to seek a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha within a month which is 272 out of 543. Total seat is 545, 2 members are nominated by president from the Anglo-Indian community.
Why is the Prime Minister’s role so important in India?
In modern democratic governments are classified into parliamentary and presidential on the basis of nature of relation between the executive and legislative organ of the government.
- Presidential system of government is one which the executive is not responsible to the legislature for its policies and acts and is constitutionally independent of the legislature in respect of its term of office.
- Parliamentary system executive body of government is responsible to the legislature for its policies and acts. Prime minister is candidate of the majority party or coalition of Lok Sabha seat of legislative body of government and candidates for Lok Sabha seats are directly elects by the citizens of India. PM is head of the government in parliamentary system. It stays in office so long as it enjoys the confidence of Lok Sabha.
Prime minister plays a very important role significant and highly crucial role in the politico-administrative system of the country, Dr BR Ambedkar stated, if any functionary under our constitution is to be compared with the US president, he is the prime minister and not the president of the union.
Is the Prime Minister directly elected by the people?
In India, we follow the parliamentary democratic government, in this system citizens elects 543 members for Lok Sabha seats of their constituency for legislative body of government. For making government in India need the majority in Lok Sabha, which party or coalition have the majority in Lok Sabha, they choose the candidate for the post of prime minister then the president appoints prime minister to the candidate of majority winning party or coalition in Lok Sabha.
Terms and Salary of the Prime minister Of India
The term of prime minister is not fixed, and he holds the office during the pleasure of the president, but this does not mean that the president can dismiss the PM, as long as they enjoy the majority support in the Lok Sabha, he cannot be dismissed by the president. If he loss the confidence in Lok Sabha, he can be dismissed by the president.
The salary and allowances of the PM are determined by the parliament from time to time. He gets the salary and allowance that are payable to a member of parliament. Additionally, he gets a sumptuary allowance, medical facilities free accommodation, travelling allowance etc.