The Indian Constitution provides for the establishment of State Legislatures, which can be either unicameral (with only the Vidhan Sabha or Legislative Assembly) or bicameral (with both the Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad). Only a few states currently have a Vidhan Parishad.
The upper House of the State Legislature is called
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2015 · Topic: The State Legislature (Composition of State Legislature (Bicameral and Unicameral))
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