legislative council

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the opposition BJP have won two seats each on Friday as counting of votes cast for the biennial elections to 24 legislative council seats was underway, officials said. JD-U's candidate Reena…

Five candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) combine were elected unopposed in the Jammu & Kashmir legislative council election. The results were announced by poll official Muhammad Ramzan…

The Budget session of the Odisha assembly is likely to be stormy with the opposition parties planning to raise a host of issues, including the chit fund scam, to corner the BJD government on the floor of the house. However, the ruling party…

The Odisha Government has formed a five-member committee to study the formation and functioning of the proposed Legislative Council in Odisha. BJD will have three MLAs in the committee, while Congress and BJP will have one member each.…

The Odisha Government is acting fast on its proposal to set up a Legislative Council in the state. It was evident, as the first meeting in this regard was held under the chairmanship of Parliamentary Affairs and Forest & Environment…

State government is likely to bring a resolution to establish a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) in Odisha. Legislative Council is the upper house in bicameral legislature. The BJD Spokesman, Pratap Keshari Deb said that the state…