The longstanding proposal for constituting an Odisha Legislative Council (Bidhan Parishad) is pending with the Union Government, said Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha in a written reply in the State Assembly on Tuesday.He was responding to a question of Dharmgarh BJD MLA Mousadhi Bag.
The State Government has already sent the resolution after its Cabinet approval on August 24, 2018 for a second legislative chamber of the State to the Union Government for passage in Parliament.
But the Union Government is yet to take any action on it, said the Minister.Notably, Legislative Councils have been constituted in six States such as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.