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Who is a Member of the Legislative Assembly? List down their important functions.

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Instructions: Give down the definition of an MLA. List down their functions in 2 points.

Solution: A Member of the Legislative Assembly or an MLA is an elected representative from a particular assembly constituency in a state.

The MLAs perform two crucial functions-
  1. As representatives of the people, they raise the issues and demands of the people in the assembly.
  2. As lawmakers, they make new laws and review the existing laws to make them better for the people of the state.

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