 bill no 61 of 2010 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2010 by kumari  saroj pandey, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first  year of the republic of  india  as follows:—1  this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2010short title2  in article 51a of the constitution,—amendment of article 51a(i) in clause (a), after the words "ideals and institutions,", the words "laws inforce in the territory of india," shall be inserted; and(ii) after clause (k), the following clause shall be added, namely:—"(l) to cast vote at elections to the house of the people and legislative assemblies of states" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsindia is the largest democracy in the world but it has been observed that only half of our voters have cast their votes during almost all the elections to the house of the people and state legislative assemblies held so far this type of trend indicates that some suitable steps are urgently required to encourage the citizens to exercise their right to vote so that representative could be elected by majority of eligible voters and not by a minority in addition, all citizens must abide by and respect laws in force in the country, since respect for law occupies a very special place in the administration of lawsit is, therefore, suggested that a duty is cast upon every citizen to respect laws of the country and also to exercise their franchise during electionshence this billnew delhi;saroj  pandeyapril 19, 2010 annexure extract from the constitution of india part iv-a fundamental  duties      51-a it shall be the duty of every citizen of india—fundamental duties(a) to abide by the constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the national flag and the national anthem;(b)     (c)     (d)     (e)     (f)     (g)     (h)     (i)     (j)     (k) who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years       ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(kumari saroj pandey, mp)gmgipmrnd—2600ls (s-4)—26062010