Summary
This follows an earlier change where the voting age was lowered from twenty‑one to eighteen, giving young people a voice.
If approved, more young Indians could help decide what happens in their country.
Key Points
3 points1
Proposal to lower the minimum age for running for office to twenty‑one.
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Reference to the past change that made voting possible at eighteen.
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Goal is to increase youth involvement in government decisions.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsConstitutional
rules written in a country's most important law book
Amendment
a change added to those important rules
Legislative
the part of government that makes new laws
Parliament
the big group of people who discuss and decide on laws
Chief Minister
the person who leads a state in India, like a governor
participation
joining in and helping to decide
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