Consider the following statements: Attorney General of India can 1. take part in the proceedings of the Lok Sabha 2. be a member of a committee of the Lok Sabha 3. speak in the Lok Sabha 4. vote in the Lok Sabha Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The Attorney General's rights come from Article 88, which lets him speak and take part in the proceedings of either House, in joint sittings, and in any parliamentary committee of which he has been named a member. He has no right to vote, and that limit is the crux of this question.

• Statement 1 is correct: He may take part in the proceedings of the Lok Sabha, as well as the Rajya Sabha.
• Statement 2 is correct: He can be named a member of a parliamentary committee, which covers committees of the Lok Sabha.
• Statement 3 is correct: The right to speak in either House flows from the same Article.
• Statement 4 is wrong: Article 88 expressly withholds the right to vote, which separates him from a minister who both speaks and votes.

So statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct, and the answer is C. Mains angle: the Attorney General is the government's chief legal adviser under Article 76, yet holds a position that sits outside the strict executive-legislature binary, which is relevant to debates on the independence of law officers.

Trap: Candidates either treat the Attorney General as a minister with full voting rights, or assume he is barred from the House altogether. Read the Article exactly: rights to speak and participate, but no right to vote.