Tamil Nadu Legislature
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The Tamil Nadu Legislature is the unicameral legislature
of the India
n state of Tamil Nadu
. The Legislature is composed of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Tamil Nadu
Till 1986, the Tamil Nadu Legislature was a bicameral legislature consisting of the
In 2010, the erstwhile DMK Government took steps to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council and convert the legislature back into a bicameral one. But it left power half way. The present AIADMK Government has expressed its intent not to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
of the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
. The Legislature is composed of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Tamil Nadu
Till 1986, the Tamil Nadu Legislature was a bicameral legislature consisting of the
- the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
, - the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council, the upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
, and - the Governor of Tamil Nadu
In 2010, the erstwhile DMK Government took steps to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council and convert the legislature back into a bicameral one. But it left power half way. The present AIADMK Government has expressed its intent not to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.