Which one of the following articles of the Constitution of India contains provisions for the aboliti...........

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Which one of the following articles of the Constitution of India contains provisions for the abolition and creation of Legislative Councils?

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Explanation:

Legislative Council or Vidhan Parishad is the upper house in bicameral legislatures in some states of India. It has no powers in terms of passing bills whether be it money or ordinary bills unlike Rajya Sabha which has equal powers as that of Lok Sabha in terms of Ordinary & Amendment bills.

While most states have unicameral legislature with only legislative assembly, currently, seven states have legislative council -
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh