Political Defections

DEFECTION AS MERGER: ANTI-DEFECTION LAW, POLITICAL MERGERS, AND SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS

The Tenth Schedule's Paragraph 4 exempts two-thirds of legislators merging from disqualification. Recent wholesale defections expose this loophole, transforming splits into legal mergers. Reforming the Speaker's adjudication power and defining mergers strictly prevents the anti-defection law's complete redundancy.

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