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PART V THE UNION · CHAPTER II.— PARLIAMENT · Officers of Parliament

Article 89: The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States

The Constitution of India

(1) The Vice- President of India shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States.

(2) The Council of States shall, as soon as may be, choose a member of the Council to be Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Deputy Chairman thereof.

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  1. 1. Assertion (A): The Speaker of the House of the People presides over a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament. Reason (R): The Vice-President of India is the ex officio Chairman of the Council of States.

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