Exp) Option c is the correct answer

Option a is incorrect: The Zonal Councils are the statutory (and not the constitutional or executive) bodies. They are established by an act of Parliament, that is, States Reorganization Act of 1956. The act divided the country into five zones and provided a zonal council for each zone.

Option b is incorrect: All the Members of parliament are not represented in each Zonal council. Home minister of Central government is the common chairman of the five zonal councils. Each zonal council consists of the following members: (home minister of the Central government. (chief ministers of all the States in the zone. (Two other ministers from each state in the zone. (Administrator of each union territory in the zone.

Option c is correct: The Chief Ministers of the States included in each zone act as Vice-Chairman of the Zonal Council for that zone by rotation, each holding office for a period of one year at a time. Option d is incorrect: Each Zonal Council is an advisory body and may discuss any matter in which the Union or States represented in that Council, have a common interest and advise the Central Government and the Government of each State concerned as to the action to be taken on any such matter. It has not been empowered with investigating powers.