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Right to Recall
February 17 , 2026
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- A Private Member Bill proposing the Right to Recall for elected representatives has been discussed in Parliament in the context of strengthening democratic accountability in India.
- Right to Recall is a democratic system that allows voters to remove an elected representative before the end of their term.
- The idea was proposed in India by M. N. Roy in 1944 and later supported by Jayaprakash Narayan in 1974.
- The Right to Recall is not available for Members of Parliament (MP) and Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) at the national level.
- Some states like Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh have implemented Right to Recall provisions in local bodies such as Panchayats and Municipalities.
- The Representation of the People Act (1951) allows the removal of representatives only for legal offences, not for public dissatisfaction.
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