Revanth bats for lowering age to contest elections to 21
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said Telangana will urge the Centre to cut election candidate age from 25 to 21 years for Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
- Minimum age to contest Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections is set in the Constitution, so changing it needs a constitutional amendment rather than only an election rule change.
- A State Assembly resolution can express the State’s demand to the Union government and Parliament, but it does not by itself change the Constitution.
- A constitutional amendment requires action at the level of Parliament under the amendment process.
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said the Telangana government will move the resolution from the Telangana Assembly to urge the Centre.
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced that the Telangana government will move an Assembly resolution urging the Centre to amend the Constitution to reduce the minimum age to contest Lok Sabha and State Assembly elections from 25 to 21 years.
Reddy linked the proposal to greater representation for India’s Gen Z in legislatures and governance. Reddy also stated that the Telangana Legislature would convene in the first week of August to pass the resolution, after which it would be forwarded to the Centre.
What happened
UPSC may frame this demand as a constitutional amendment and representation issue: how minimum candidate age is constitutionally set, how a State Assembly can formally urge Union-level constitutional change, and what practical implications follow if eligibility is lowered to 21.
