Bengal Assembly Move May Help Mamata Banerjee Keep Her Job, Without Polls | Read
Bengal will soon have an upper house -- the Legislative Council -- a resolution for which was passed by the state assembly today amid BJP opposition. Of the 265 MLAs present in the House, 196 voted for a Vidhan Parishad, which the opposition claimed has no legal status and is being created to help Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee become a member of the assembly in the absence of a by-election.
