Retirement Age for Politicians

I don't feel that there is a need to introduce a cap on the retirement age for politicians, because-

1. Politicians are public servants and as long as the public wants them to serve and is happy with their working, why they should retire? Besides this, if the public is unsatisfied with their working, then public has the power to remove them from power in the next elections.

2. Politicians who are serving good service to the nation and who haven't been involved in corruption in past are a great asset to the country.

3. Public may lose hope in the party or lose credibility in the party if the politician in which they believe or have faith will no longer be there in the party. For e.g, most of the people today are backing BJP in elections, only because of Mr. Modi.

4. The experience which a senior politician have cannot be simply replaced by someone who is new to politics.

5. Politicians may also help to maintain diplomatic relations, who may have an impact if they retire.

6. People have a sentiment of hope and believe attached to a politician, and their retirement may cause anger and chaos in the public. For e.g, take the example of late CM Jayalalitha, people of TN praises her and admire her. Imagine the reaction of the public if she was made to retire before her death!

So, I think there is no need to set a retirement age for politicians, people have ultimate power in democracy and it is them, who decides who can or cannot serve the nation.

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There should be the fixed retirement age for politicians i.e. 65 years. Why?

Because not only physically but also mentally a person is not that much creative or productive at an old age. May be few exception like Gandhi ji. But we are not short of the young population in India So, why should we give the burden of young population on old arms. As being a politicians is not an easy task. He has to take major decisions like signing deals, contracts, visiting other nations etc. All this thing require power, good health plus concentration. But at an old age we are not able to concentrate on any work most and most of the time we get health issue which tends to visit hospitals regularly and wasting time which should be given for the development of the nation. So we do not have any other option rather than fixing an age for the retirement. Even we can see for all other profession there is a fixed retirement age then why not for the politicians.

So our government have to think about our country and it has to think about people of our country by fixing an age for retirement of politician. On other thing that can be done they should be given another post like their valuable ideas and knowledge plus experience that should be utilised for the country.

To conclude I would like to say that we should be fixed an age for the retirement of the politicians this is good for them as well as our country. It can help for the development of our country so that young people can use innovative ideas for the the overall growth of people and our country.

First refer following Personalities:

1. Chanakya (kautilya).
2. Mahatma Gandhi.
3. Mao Ze Dong.
4. Winston Churchill.
5. Franklin Roosewelt.

All of these are the great political personalities world ever had. They continue their practicing even at last stage of their lives. And I am sure nobody will question at their capabilities of their minds.

One's age shouldn't be concerned with respect to his/her talent. What politicians need is Honesty, patriotism, morality, Ethics and lot of hard work to represent the brighter side of the country at international level.

If any politician has above mentioned qualities, we should accept him/her without concerning their age.

Hello everyone.

I believe there should be a retirement age for politicians. We have retirement age in almost every field so why can't we have in politics?

If a person become a political leader then he will be a political leader till its last. As we know after certain time food starts detoriating means every food item has an expiry date because it loses its freshness and taste, this same is applicable in case of politicians as well. After sometime, people need new people to understand them.

In my point of view,

Yes! I agree with this point that retirement must be in politicians. Youth will get a chance to prove his capability.

People says that old is gold. Yes, I agree with this. Politics depend on experience but it does not only depend upon experience. But, it also depends upon energy.

So, I think. It's better to have a retirement age for the politicians.

Hi everyone,

I think there should be no age for the retirement of politician. Retirement should be on the basis of ability. If one can perform well in the later age of his life why should not we give him a chance. If a old age person is able to think as a youngster, able to bring new ideas, new schemes for welfare we should take advantage of him. If someone is at old age that doesn't mean that he will perform bad as compared to younger politician.

As per our constitution, all the citizen of India has the equal rights to stand in the election. For this criteria, the candidate must be the Indian citizen & the age of the candidate is minimum 25 years. If there is some retirement age for politicians, then in our country the older citizen have lost their right to stand in the election.

In my view, there should not be any retirement age for politicians because the aged politicians have more experience by handling the issues of people for the long period of time. Again a person's ability to serve his country can not be judged by his age. As we all know politicians have to take decision for the whole country, so experience is very much required in politics.

Again if there is an age limit for politicians, then family politics will increase in India. Suppose a politician will retire at certain age, then that politician will promote his son or daughter for his post. So a younger person without political background, can not get any type of benefit from the retirement of politicians.

At last I will say that if Mahatma Gandhi is retire at the age of 60 or 65, then it is difficult for India to get independent. So in India, there should not be any retirement age for politicians.

In my views. People in politics must have a retirement date. They should be the one who encourages the youth of the nation to come up and gets involved in political. As the era is changing. It is the need of hour. Not saying that they should quit totally but they should be the pillars of the young politicians and need to support them as well as oppose them if they do something worng but that doesn't mean that they should not be given chance. Politician should leave away their greed to remain in power. People too want fresh options.

There should be upper age for politician to take part in election. Because due no restriction in their retirement age young politician who have great vision and mission does not get easy chance to do something better for their locality. It should be mandatory to have retirement age so that more young mind come and make career in politics, It indirectly helps in improving the condition because new one try to take appreciation from society and for that he/she do their work sincerely.

"POLITICAL LEADERS ALSO MUST BE RETIRED ON AGE OF 60 YEARS." WHY?

TEN REASONS TO IMPLEMENT:

1. Dynasty system in politics will be automatically stopped.

2. Corruption will be reduced due to detachment of "Power Mania".

3. Employment opportunity will be increased in political background.

4. Pressure will be developed in political parties for keeping deserved quality leaders.

5. Minimum qualification for MPs & MLAs must be graduation.

6. Youth will get a chance to work for the country and will fulfil the present generation need.

7. To keep country always young by reducing generation gap.

8. To build peace and to reduce violent extremism.

9. For common working is between 25 to 60 years, we can say it the main stream of the country. Then why not country should run by mainstream leaders.

10. After retirement, we generally think as bonus life and people need to rest , keep good health, enjoy family life, fulfil personal hobbies and guide their young one (on need basis).