Bhubaneswar: Speaker of Odisha Assembly, Surjya Narayan Patro, has expressed his shock and displeasure on the Centre’s claim of not receiving any resolution from the State Government for the setting up of Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council).
Patro, in reaction to a statement of Union Law & Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju, informed that the resolution for setting up of Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) had been sent to the Centre on September 18, 2018.
The resolution had been sent to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and the Secretaries of Parliamentary Affairs and Law ministries, he added.
Rijiju on Thursday, replying to a written question by BJD Rajya Sabha member Prasanna Acharya, had clarified that as per Ministry records till date it has not received any resolution from the Odisha government for setting up of Vidhan Parishad.
He told that currently, six states-Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have Vidhan Parishad. Similarly, Assam, Rajasthan, and West Bengal have adopted resolutions for forming Vidhan Parishads.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Odisha Assembly on September 6, 2018, had passed a resolution for the setting up of Vidhan Parishad in the State.
