What is the difference in a Member of Parliament and Member of Legislative Assembly ?

A Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the Legislation of a State in the Indian system of government. MLAs belong to a particular state and attend the assembly of their respective state and discuss matters regarding that particular state only.

A MP is a member of parliament i.e a member of either of the two houses ,the Lok sabha or the Rajya sabha. Both the houses i.e the lok sabha and the rajya sabha is collectively known as the parliament of India and it is the supreme legislative body of the republic of India and deal with law making pan India.The members of Lok Sabha are directly elected by the Indian public voting in single member districts and the members of Rajya Sabha are elected by the members of the state legislative assemblies(MLA) by proportional representation. Each state has between seven and nine MLA for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha