2025 · Q83
Which one among the following statements about an adjournment motion in the Parliament of India is not correct?
General KnowledgeIndian Polity and Governance
- AIts objective is to draw attention of the House to any recent matter of urgent public importance.
- BAdjournment motion is an extraordinary procedure.
- CThis motion can be invoked on any matter of urgent importance that may even be within the jurisdiction of a State Government.
- DThe Chair has absolute discretion to refuse consent.
Explanation
An adjournment motion must concern a definite matter of urgent public importance that is the responsibility of the Union Government; matters falling within a state government's jurisdiction are not admissible. Hence the statement that it can be invoked even on state-subject matters is the incorrect one. In the Lok Sabha it requires the support of at least 50 members to be admitted.