discuss the mutual relations between the prime ministers and the council of minister
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The Council of Ministers has very close relationship with the Parliament. Each of its member must be a member of either house of Parliament. He can remain a Minister, without his being a member of either House of Parliament, only for a maximum period of 6 months. Within this period he must become a member of the either House, failing which he will have to quit ministerial job.
There have been instances when a Minister had to quit his position, simply because he could not become a member of the either House of Parliament. In case the Prime Minister finds that due to one reason or the other it is not possible to get him elected, to the Lok Sabha he can be nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
Thus, each member of the Council of Ministers, being a member of the either House of Parliament, actively participates in the proceeding of the Parliament.
He is responsible for defending the policies of the government in general and his Ministry in particular. He cannot take shelter on the plea that he has been misguided by civil servants of his Ministry. He also cannot criticise his civil servants on the floor of the House, because they are not there to defend themselves.
As active members of the House the Ministers are required to pilot all legislative financial administrative and other measures. No Minister can take the plea that a particular measure could not be taken because there was no legislative authority behind that. It is the responsibility of the Minister to get the Bill piloted by him passed and see that the work of his department runs smoothly.
The Parliament in turn controls the Council of Ministers in several ways. It checks its activities by putting questions, rejecting the Bills initiated by the Minister, by way of moving adjournment motions and ultimately by moving a vote of no-confidence against the Government.
In the history of Indian Parliament several times votes of no-confidence have been moved against “the Council of Ministers, but it was only in 1979 that for the first time such a motion was carried out.
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