Which of the following is/are correct?1. Both India and Britain allow...
The parliamentary system of government in India though largely based on the British parliamentary system has following differences -
1. India has a republican system in place of British monarchical system.
2. The Head of the State in India (that is, President) is elected, while the Head of the State in Britain(that is, King or Queen) enjoys a hereditary position.
3. The British system is based on the doctrine of the sovereignty of Parliament. The Parliament is not supreme in India and enjoys limited and restricted powers due to a written Constitution, federal system, judicial review and fundamental rights.
4. In Britain, the prime minister should be a member of the Lower House (House of Commons)of the Parliament.
5. In India, the prime minister may be a member of any of the two Houses of Parliament. (Indira Gandhi (1966), Deve Gowda (1996), and Manmohan Singh (2004), were members of the Rajya Sabha).