Tag: Legislative Council

Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju said this in a written reply to unstarred questions raised by BJD MP Prasanna Acharya in the Rajya Sabha. 

Bhubaneswar: Resolution on formation of a Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad was passed in the Odisha Assembly today in absence of opposition members. All 104 MLAs of the ruling-BJD cast their vote in favour of the resolution tabled by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Bikram Keshari Arukh in the State Assembly. Chief Minister was the first […]

Bhubaneswar: A special committee from the State would visit neighbouring Andhra Pradesh and Bihar to study the functioning of their Legislative Councils for setting up a Vidhan Parishad in Odisha, informed the chairman of the committee and Commerce and Transport minister Nrusingha Charan Sahu today. The committee would look into the working of both the […]

Bhubaneswar: The process of formation of Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) in Odisha moved a step further on Monday with the study panel formed by the State government held its first meeting and decided to set out on a three-day visit to Maharashtra and Karnataka on January 31. Informing mediaperosns about the decision, committee chairman Nrushinga […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after a panel recommended formation of a Legislative Council in Odisha, one of its members today said the state government was planning to move a resolution in the assembly in this regard. The resolution could be moved in the coming monsoon session of the assembly, said Manohar Randhari, ruling BJD leader and […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of its efforts to establish a Legislative Council in the state, Odisha government today decided to set up a five-member committee to study the nature of such Vidhan Parishads in other states. The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting which was chaired by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The issue of formation of a legislative council in Odisha, which will make the state legislature bicameral, is back in focus with ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) likely to push for it during the winter session of the Parliament that commenced on Monday. Odisha Assembly had passed a resolution for the […]