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Utility of Legislative Councils in India

Some states in India have an upper legislative house called the Legislative Council that was intended to promote informed debate and share the workload between chambers. However, politics have affected the councils' continuance, as defeated legislators have used them to prolong their careers. Rival parties in Tamil Nadu have repeatedly constituted and repealed its council based on political gains. Opposition parties have also delayed legislation in the lower house by utilizing the expenses of the upper council without meaningful consensus building. The councils must refocus on their goals of wider representation and considered debate.

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Utility of Legislative Councils in India

Some states in India have an upper legislative house called the Legislative Council that was intended to promote informed debate and share the workload between chambers. However, politics have affected the councils' continuance, as defeated legislators have used them to prolong their careers. Rival parties in Tamil Nadu have repeatedly constituted and repealed its council based on political gains. Opposition parties have also delayed legislation in the lower house by utilizing the expenses of the upper council without meaningful consensus building. The councils must refocus on their goals of wider representation and considered debate.

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2. Few states in India have Legislative Council also.

Examine their utility


and also comment on the way politics has played a role in their
continuance.
India has a bicameral system of parliament. At the state level, is the legislative
council. The constituent assembly adopted its provision to have an informed and
wider debates and also sharing of work between two houses. Its utility can be
summarized as:

1. It provides for checking hasty and ill-conceived decisions of the popularly


elected legislative assembly.
2. Eminent personalities are able to get nominated, who would otherwise have to
face the hurdles of direct election.

However, Legislative councils have been affected by politicization in recent times


and their continuance has been based on keeping up political careers of defeated
legislators.

1. The creation of legislative council in Tamil Nadu has been a contention from the
past 25 years with rival parties constituting and repealing the same.
2. It has been argued that different parties have used it to park their leaders who
have been unable to win assembly elections.
3. As the expenses of constituting such councils are borne by exchequer,
opposition parties have used it to delay legislations from ruling parties in the
assembly, without entering into meaningful debates for a consensus.

Legislative councils were envisaged to bring debates and discussions in a wider


scope and for providing representation of different electorates like members of
municipalities, graduates and eminent personalities. They must therefore work for
this very objective.

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