Tag: Vidhan Parishad

The issue pertaining to the creation of Vidhan Parishad, an upper legislative house in Odisha, triggered a controversy after the Centre recently denied receiving any resolution from the State in this regard.

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: The State Cabinet that met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today took several important decisions including bringing in a resolution during monsoon session of the State Assembly to expedite formation of Vidhan Parishad in Odisha. There will be 49 members in the Vidhan Parishad of the State, informed Parliamentary Affairs Minister […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is likely to pass a resolution in the lines of Telangana to establish the Vidhan Parishad, informed Transport Minister and chairman of a Special Committee Nrusingha Sahu today. The committee was formed with a few members to study feasibility of the proposal in lines of other states. Sahu said the committee studied […]

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: 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 […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will raise the demand to bring a bill for the establishment of Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad in Odisha during the Winter session of Parliament which commences tomorrow. A decision in this regard was taken in the all-party meeting held today ahead of the Winter session of the Parliament. […]

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 […]