Right to recall laws in India

"Right To Recall (RTR)" are existing laws in some states of India that allow citizens to remove or replace public servants holding posts of Sarpanch, Mukhiya, Corporator and Mayor in the government.

"[1] The debate over Recall of elected representatives has a long history in the Indian democracy; the matter was even discussed in the Constituent Assembly.

We should leave it as it is, to the good sense of the members concerned" Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel on 18 July while discussing proposed amendment on power to recall in Constituent Assembly Debates.

[3] At the same time, however, some members feared that village or municipal level bodies could become autocratic in absence of No Confidence Motion or Recall.

[2] The first recall law came as a provision of No confidence motion over Sarpanch by Gram Sabha members in Uttar Pradesh in 1947.

[13][14][15][16][17] Recall has been implemented at Municipal level in the states of Madhya Pradesh,[18] Chhattisgarh,[19] Bihar,[20] Jharkhand[21] and Rajasthan.