Breaking: West Bengal Meeting passes decision to create Legislative Council


Kolkata: The West Bengal Legislative Meeting on Tuesday (July 6) handed a decision to create a Legislative Council within the state beneath Article 169 of the Structure of India.

Out of a complete of 265 members current within the Meeting, 196 MLAs voted in favour of the decision, whereas 69 voted towards it.

The formation of a Legislative Council was one of many ballot guarantees that featured within the TMC manifesto. Quickly after the meeting elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had permitted the proposal.

Banerjee was not current within the Home throughout the voting to go the decision.

BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari opposed the decision saying it will not be appropriate financially and that the transfer was a ploy to accommodate TMC leaders within the Council.

“Vidhan Parishad will not be there in 23 states. This isn’t good for good governance. TMC has misplaced 7-8 ministers together with Chief Minister. They’re making an attempt for again door entry via Vidhan Parishad,” Adhikari mentioned.

“BJP has a majority within the parliament. Our stand is to oppose this decision,” he added.

Despite the fact that the Meeting has handed the decision, with a view to arrange the Council, a Invoice to that impact should be handed within the parliament. The position of the BJP-ruled Centre would grow to be essential on this regard. 

Solely six states in India have a Legislative Council – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.

Jammu and Kashmir additionally had the Higher Home till the state was bifurcated into two Union Territories in 2019.

Notably, West Bengal used to have an Higher Home which got here into existence in 1952. It was, nonetheless, abolished in 1969. The state Meeting handed the decision for its abolition on 21 March 1969.

Earlier right now, Banerjee took a jibe on the BJP saying that if the Election Fee (EC) had not helped, the BJP wouldn’t have gained even 30 seats.

She additional mentioned, “I’ve by no means seen a shameless PM like Narendra Modi.”

Taking one other jibe at BJP, she spoke about a number of the main points within the nation and mentioned “Petrol/diesel costs are rising. It has crossed Rs.100. UP govt is disposing lifeless our bodies in Ganga river. These our bodies are floating and coming to West Bengal. The water has been contaminated.”

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