Council of Ministers — Collective Responsibility — KSLU Constitutional Law 2 Notes

Council of Ministers — Collective Responsibility

Article 75(3): “The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.”

Collective responsibility means the Ministry governs as a team that stands or falls together — a loss of confidence in the Lok Sabha brings down the whole Council, and Ministers must publicly support Cabinet decisions. The Prime Minister is the real head of the executive (the linchpin between President, Cabinet and Parliament); the Chief Minister plays the same role in a State.