Race for President Post Begins

Race For President Post Begins rnThe Parliament of India originally known as “Council House” was founded in the year 1919 and it is the supreme legislative body in India. The foundation stone was laid in the year 1921 and was inaugurated on 18th January 1927. The Parliament house was inaugurated by the Governor General of India, Lord Irwin. The Parliament house is now commonly known as the “Sansad Bhavan”.rnThe Parliament of India comprises of the President of India, Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People). The members of both the houses are called the Members of Parliament (MP). Member s of Parliament is selected through elections. Lok Sabha members are selected through direct elections and Rajya Sabha members are elected by the State Legislative Assemblies and Union Territories of Delhi and Pondicherry. rnThe President of India is the head of the state. The President of India has the supreme power to control the two houses and also have the power to dissolve Lok Sabha. The legislature, executive and judiciary branches are headed by the President. The President of India is also the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. rnThe current President of India is Pratibha Devisingh Patil. She is the first woman to become the President of India and is the twelth President of India.She is the President of India since July 25th, 2007. The presidential election for the thirteenth President of India will be held on July 19th, 2012. 30th June, 2012 is the last date for filing the nominations and the result will be announced on 22nd July, 2012.rnThere will be some nominees for the presidential election. The presidential election will be done by the elected Members of Parliament as well as the members of the State Legislatures from the nominees. The tenure for the President is for five years and so the presidential election in India will be held once in five years. The elected President resides at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The Vice-President will be elected by all the elected as well as nominated members of the Parliament rnThe media and politicians suggest some names who may be the nominees for the coming presidential election. Some among them are Pranab Mukherjee (Finance Minister of India), Hamid Ansari (Vice-President), A P J Abdul Kalam (former Indian President), P A Sangma (Lok Sabha Speaker) etc. The political parties will suggest the names of the nominees from whom the President will be elected.rnThere are certain eligibility criterias to become a President of India. The person should be a citizen of India, 35 years of age or above and should also be a qualified member of Lok Sabha. The person should not be working for any Government organization. Some office hiolders like the current Vice-President, Governor of any State and Minister of any State or Union can become presidential candidates. A presidential candidate to become a nominee needs fifty electors as proposers and fifty electors as seconders as per the Presidential and Vice-Presidential act 1952 .