The Odisha Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution for setting up a legislative council in the state. Members of Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party staged a walkout opposing the resolution introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh. All ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) members present in the House voted in favour of the[Read More…]
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Lucknow: CM Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs take oath as MLCs
Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Monday took oath as a member of the state Legislative Council, meeting the compulsory six-month deadline to get elected to either house of the state after assuming office. Deputy chief ministers, Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were also administered the oath by[Read More…]
SC agrees to hear plea to cancel Nitish Kumar’s membership of legislative council
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking cancellation of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar‘s membership of the state legislative council for allegedly concealing a pending criminal case against him. A bench of Justices Justice Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar said that they will[Read More…]