The Constitution prescribes lesser importance to Legislative Council of a State compared to the Rajya Sabha because:

♤ The Rajya Sabha represents the federal character of the Constitution, so it should have a better status than merely being a dilatory body. Hence, the Constitution provides for a joint sitting in case of a disagreement between the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

♤ However the Lok Sabha will ultimately have an upper hand due to its numerical majority. In case of State Legislature, the Constitution of India adopts the English system.

♤ According to the English system, the Upper House must eventually give way to the Lower House, which represents the will of the people. Under this system, the Upper House has no power to obstruct the Lower House other than to effect some delay. This has been adopted in our Constitution since the question of federal importance of Upper House does not arise in case of State Legislatures.

♤ The Legislative Council is heterogeneously constituted. It represents different interests of differently elected members and also includes some nominated members. On the other hand, the Rajya Sabha is homogeneously constituted. It represents only the States and most of the members are elected (only 12 out of 250 are nominated).