Discuss the power and functions of legislative council
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The functions of the states’ Legislative Council are only advisory in nature. If any Bill is passed by the Legislative Assembly and sent to the Council, and the Council refuses to give its approval, then the Assembly has the right to reconsider it. The assembly may pass it with or without the amendments proposed by the Council, and again send it to the Council. When a bill approved by the Assembly is sent to the Council for the first time, it may retain it for three months, but in the case when it is sent for the second time and is kept in the Council for one month only, the bill is deemed as having been passed. This evidently demonstrates the Assembly’s absolute superiority over the LC. In the case of Money Bills, the State Assembly’s powers are the same as those of the Lok Sabha. It is evident that the position of the Vidhan Parishad is haplessly weak. Even, in theory, it cannot be compared to the Rajya Sabha that, in spite of being the upper chamber of the Union Legislature, has some effective powers.
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Powers. The most important function of the legislature is law making. The state legislature has the power to make laws on all items on which Parliament cannot legislate. ... Elected members of the Legislative Assembly along with the elected members of Parliament are involved in this process.