Vidhan Parishad: Special Committee Returns From Bihar, Telangana

Bhubaneswar: The special committee constituted by Odisha government to study the functioning of the Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) arrived here on Wednesday after visiting Bihar and Telangana.

Talking to mediapersons here, Commerce and Transport minister and chairman of the committee Nrushingha Charan Sahu said they will soon submit a report to the state government.

“The committee also studied the resolution passed by the Telangana legislative assembly for setting up of the Vidhan Parishad. A similar resolution might be tabled in the Odisha legislative assembly,” he added.

The state government had formed a six-member special committee to viist Bihar and Telangana. Manohar Randhari (BJD), Pramila Mallik (BJD), Bhujabal Majhi (Congress), Nitish Gangadeb (BJP) were other members.

However, Majhi and Gangadeb later had expressed their unwillingness to visit the two states.

The committee which had visited Maharashtra and Karnataka in 2015 to learn about the way of formation and functioning of the Legislative Councils has submitted its report to the state government.

The first meeting of the committee on Vidhan Parishad was convened on January 19, 2015.

The state government has initiated the exercise to set up a legislative council after considering demands of various organizations.

States like Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh have legislative councils.