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As in the case of Members of Parliament (MP), the Constitution of India doesn’t explain the roles and responsibilities of a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA). Over time, this ambiguity has come to mean different things for different people.
For instance, until the 1990s when the third tier of government was formed, an MLA was associated with the smallest of issues in the constituency she was elected from. However, with the third tier of government (municipalities in urban areas and panchayats in rural areas) in place, MLAs should ideally be responsible for state-level issues. Devolution of power should empower municipalities and panchayats to deal with micro issues.
However, this is not so for a number of reasons. First, devolution of power to the third tier of government remains on paper in many cases. Then there are issues such as incapacity, lack of accountability and fund crunch. All this lead the citizen to believe that MLAs are the ones who can use their influence and wield power in their constituencies to ‘get things done.’
In the face of a systemic collapse on the ground, therefore, citizens turn to the next higher authority, i.e., MLAs (and sometimes even MPs) to get micro issues resolved. The MLAs in turn have to respond positively for fear of losing votes in the following election.
Over time, citizens have almost made it a norm to take the easy way of approaching MLAs to solve local issues, without even trying to reach out to the local government and its officials. This increases the burden on MLAs, distracting them from state-level issues which should be their focus.
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