Question

2. Why the Prime Minister called the pivot, around which the entire administration revolves?
Explain​

Answer 1

pivot is the joint at neck region. due to this joint we can move our head in different directions. our head revolve around this joint. so prime minister is called pivot..

Answer 2

Answer:

reference to pivotal join

Explanation:

The Prime Minister of India holds the pivotal position and in fact he is more powerful than the President.

The office of the Prime Minister first originated in England and was borrowed by the framers of the constitution. Article 74(i) of our constitution expressly states that the Prime Minister shall be at the head- of the council of ministers. Hence, the other ministers cannot function without the Prime Minister.

Lord Morley described him primes interpaves (first among equals) and Sir William Vernon called him inter stellas luna minores (moon among the stars). Harold Laski, on the other hand called him “The pivot of the whole system of Government” Ivon Jeanings described him “The sun round which the planets revolve.”

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Beloft called him “dictator” and Hinton said the Prime Minister was an elected monarch.

The Prime Minister is the heart of the Cabinet, focal point of the political system. He is the real executive of the country despite the constitutional provisions of the west minister model of cabinet Government in India, the Prime Minister has emerged as the undisputed chief of the executive. The personality of the Prime Minister determines the nature of the authority that he or she is likely to exercise.

Theoretically, the Prime Minister is selected by the President of India. In reality, the President invites the leader of the majority party in Parliament to form the council of ministers. Usually, political parties go to the parliamentary polls with a clear choice of their leaders. For the most part, the voters know, if and when a particular party wins a majority in the lower house of parliament, who is likely to be-the Prime Minister.

The President can exercise some discretion in the selection of the Prime Minister when no party commands a clear majority in the lower house of parliament. In such circumstances, the President may request the single largest party to form Government or alternatively, he may allow a coalition Government to be formed.

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When a party leader has a clear majority support in the lower house of parliament, the President has no choice but to call upon him to form the council of ministers.

Powers and functions of the Prime Minister;

The Prime Minister performs many significant functions in the Indian political system and exercises vast powers to his advantage. He is the chief executive of the nation and works as head of the Union Government.

“The Prime Minister is according to Nehiir, “The Linch-Pin of the Government”