Bengal has 294 assembly seats. Since the strength of a Vidhan Parishad cannot be more than a third of the legislative assembly, the state can have a maximum of 98 members in the legislative council.

The chief minister’s decision has been questioned by political experts and Left leaders who see this as a pointless exercise. Barely 12 days after being sworn in as the chief minister of West ...

The West Bengal government will set up a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), as per a decision taken up at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday The Trinamool ...

Recently the Government of West Bengal has decided to set up a Legislative Council also known as Vidhan Parishad. To set up a Legislative Council a Bill must be introduced in the Legislative ...

West Bengal has 294-member Assembly. In 2016, the Trinamool Congress had won 211 seats, more than what it had got in 2011. In this election, the BJP emerged as the second biggest political force ...

Kolkata, Apr 4 : Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee has said there was no constiutional bar on introducing Vidhan Parishad ... to power in West Bengal.