Why did Raghav Chadha raise this issue?

Rajya Sabha mp Raghav Chadha asked the question, india is one of the youngest countries in the world. The average age of our country is only 29 years. 65 percent of our country's population is below 35 years of age. 50 percent of our country's population i.e. more than half of the population is below 25 years of age. In such a situation, the question is, are our leaders and elected representatives also so young? "

"You will be surprised to know that in the first lok sabha, 56 percent of the people were below 40 years of age. In the recently concluded 17th lok sabha, only 12 percent of the people were below 40 years of age. So as our country is getting younger, our elected representatives are getting older than that youth." Raghav Chadha further said, 'Today politics is considered a bad profession. parents tell their children to grow up and become doctors, engineers, sports personnel, scientists, and chartered accountants. But no one says that they should become leaders and join politics when they grow up. Therefore, the minimum age to contest lok sabha or assembly elections should be 21 years. Currently, this age is 25 years. If a 21-year-old youth wants to contest elections by coming into mainstream politics, then he should be allowed.'

What do the experts say?

News channel spoke to political expert vishnu on this issue. He said, 'It is a matter of thought that how mature the youth is at the age of 21. Usually a 6-year-old child gets admission in first class. Passes 12th at the age of around 18. Is able to graduate by the age of 21. There are only a few people who complete their studies before the age. Will only graduation pass youth be so mature? Of course, they are but very few. There are only a few people like this. So the question is how will such people be selected? So in such a situation, it is possible that only political people take advantage of this.' 

He said that some such cases have also come up regarding the age of politicians, which have caused controversy. Like in Bihar, bjp leader Samrat Chaudhary was accused of fraud in name, degree and age. SP leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Khan stated his age as 26 years in the affidavit to the election Commission. On this, the BJP alleged that his age is less than 25 years. Similarly, in an affidavit, Lalu Prasad's younger son Tejaswi Yadav was shown to be older than the elder son Tej Pratap and the elder son's age was shown to be less. These three cases are such where dynastic politics takes place. Only they get the benefit.