What is the exemption for certain office-holders in the Tenth Schedule?
The Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution provides an exemption for certain office-holders, such as the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of the People, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States, the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a State Legislative Council, and the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of a State Legislative Assembly. These office-holders are not disqualified under the Tenth Schedule if they voluntarily give up their membership of their political party upon being elected to the office and do not rejoin the party or become a member of another party while holding the office. They can also rejoin their original political party after they cease to hold the office without facing disqualification.