Question

why president is elected indirectly ​

Answer 1

The process of election of the President of India is original and no other Constitution contains a similar procedure. The question was considerably debated in the Constituent Assembly. It was argued by many members that the electoral college consisting of the elected members of central legislature as well as those of the legislative assemblies of the states was not sufficiently representative of people's will. Some members, therefore, favoured the system of direct election by the people instead of a round-about method, because such a system would be most democratic. The main reasons which influenced the deliberations of the Constituent Assembly for determining indirect presidential election are:

(a) First, in a country following the Cabinet system of government, the office of titular chief executive is a technical one, to the extent that its duties are largely prescribed by other authorities (usually by the legislature), which requires specific competence from the incumbent. Very few voters can be competent to judge the technical abilities of the candidates for any particular office of this type, having specific, limited and defined functions.

Second, if the direct election method was adopted, the presidential candidate who has to carry on an election campaign from one corner of the country to another will certainly be put up by some party or the other, which may cause political excitement and generate party feelings. Thus the man elected to the presidential office through this means will never be able to forget his party affiliations. So the ideal of getting a non-partyman outside the turmoil of party passions and reasonably respected by all parties to assume the role of the head of the state will be defeated. Further, as India is almost a sub-continent with crores of enfranchised citizens, it would be impossible to provide an electoral machinery for the purpose of smooth and successful presidential election.

Lastly, a directly elected chief executive may not be content with his position of a mere constitutional head and can claim to derive his authority directly from the people. So, if he wanted to assume real power, it would lead to a constitutional deadlock and an inevitable clash with the Cabinet or real executive. This would definitely produce a confusion of responsibility.

Answer 2

As it is elected by electrol collage people
and indirectly from people side they are electing the president
so tete Is no need of people to elect
because first they select there prime minister through voting
then it is a important decision for country because president is very important person