Banda Prakash
Member of the Legislative Council (MLC), Telangana
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Banda Prakash is a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Telangana — the Vidhan Parishad, the upper house of the state legislature — elected to the Council by the state's MLAs (MLA quota). Current party affiliation: Bharat Rashtra Samithi. Current term: 22-Nov-2021 to 21-Nov-2027.
Source: Wikipedia — List of members of the Telangana Legislative Council· Updated Jul 14, 2026
What they are accountable for
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Member of Legislative Council (MLC)
An MLC is a member of a state's upper house (the Legislative Council), who reviews and improves laws, questions the government, and raises concerns — but cannot block a law the elected Assembly wants.
You can hold them accountable for
- Attending sittings of the Legislative Council and taking active part in debates, question hour, and voting rather than staying absent — a seat can be declared vacant if a member stays away for 60 days without the House's permission (Article 190)
- Using their law-reviewing role seriously — reading Bills sent up by the Assembly and offering genuine improvements instead of rubber-stamping them (Articles 196–197)
- Asking questions, moving resolutions, and raising issues that scrutinise the state government and reflect the concerns of the electorate that chose them
- Serving diligently on any legislative committees they are appointed to
- Being reachable and responsive to the people or group who elected them — graduates, teachers, local-body members, or their region — and helping with genuine grievances
- Honest and transparent conduct, including declaring assets, liabilities, and interests and avoiding conflicts of interest
- Following the Constitution — including taking the required oath or affirmation before the Chairman before sitting or voting (Article 188) — the Council's Rules of Procedure, the directions of the Chairman, and the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule)
- Spending any MLC area-development or discretionary funds properly and only on eligible works, where such a fund exists (this varies by state)
- Delivering on the department's mandate and answering to the House for it, if the MLC also holds a ministerial portfolio
- Not misusing the office, position, or public money for private gain, and refusing bribery and corruption
- Maintaining decorum and ethical behaviour inside the House and in public life
- Truthfully meeting eligibility rules — minimum age, being on the correct electoral roll, and not holding a disqualifying office of profit (Article 173)
- Voting responsibly in elections held within the Council, such as for the Chairman and Deputy Chairman
- Being willing to explain their stands, votes, and use of powers to the public
What this role covers — and what it does not
What they do
- Reviewing, debating, and suggesting amendments to Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly as a revising chamber (Articles 196–197)
- Delaying ordinary Bills to force a second look — up to about three months the first time and about one month if the Assembly passes it again (Article 197) — and delaying Money Bills up to 14 days, without power to finally block either (Article 198)
- Asking questions, moving resolutions, and holding debates to scrutinise the state government and its policies
- Serving on committees of the Council and the wider state legislature
- Voting to elect and remove the Council's Chairman and Deputy Chairman, and following the Chair's rulings
- Being eligible for appointment as a Minister, including Chief Minister, and running a government department while an MLC
- Representing the specific electorate that chose them — MLAs, local bodies, graduates, or teachers — or bringing an expert or nominated perspective in literature, science, art, cooperation, or social service (Article 171)
- Recommending works under an MLC Local Area Development fund, where the state provides one (availability and size vary by state)
Not their job — ask instead
- Finally blocking or vetoing a law the Assembly wants — the Council can only delay and suggest; the directly elected Legislative Assembly (MLAs) has the last word
- The state budget and Money Bills — these start only in the Assembly and the Council can delay them just 14 days; for money matters look to the MLAs, Finance Minister, and state government (Articles 198–199)
- Day-to-day local services like water supply, roads, garbage, and streetlights — these are run by municipal corporations, councils, and panchayats through their elected councillors/sarpanches and civic officials (unless the MLC also holds that ministry)
- Law and order and the police — a state government/Home Department function, not the job of an individual MLC
- National subjects such as defence, railways, foreign policy, and income tax — these belong to Parliament (MPs) and the Union Government, not a state MLC
- Deciding court cases or delivering justice — that is the judiciary's role
Sources: Constitution of India, Article 168 (constitution of state legislatures) — https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Constitution of India, Article 169 (abolition or creation of Legislative Councils) — https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Constitution of India, Article 171 (composition of the Legislative Councils) — https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1198859/ · Constitution of India, Article 172 (duration of state legislatures — Council not subject to dissolution, one-third retire every two years) — https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15240 · Representation of the People Act, 1951, Section 156 (six-year term of a member of a Legislative Council) — https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/1362
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Born 1 January 1954 (age 72)
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