State - Executive, Legislature

Indian Polity (CDS)

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The Legislative Council in a state having bicameral legislature:

Is known as Lower House

Can be abolished by the governor on a resolution passed by a two-third majority by the State Legislative Assembly

Can be abolished by the President on the recommendation of the governor

Can be abolished or created in the states having unicameral legislatures through an act of Parliament.

The Vidhan Parishad or Legislative Council is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature.
At present Six States of India have a Legislative Council. Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh out of 28 states in India have bicameral legislatures, with the remaining states having a unicameral one; the lower house being the State Legislative Assembly.
ts establishment is defined in Article 169 of the Constitution of India.