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A file photo of the disqualified MLAs at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru

Age Debate: A win for BJP and the disqualified, really?

The BJP is elated as it can look to their support - if they win the bypolls - to shore up their numbers.

16 Nov 2019 7:33 AM IST

Indeed, in the forefront of the action in Ayodhya that year, rightly deemed criminal by the Supreme Court, were some of the seniormost and respected members of the political class, one of whom later became Union home minister and deputy PM, besides UP state, whose Chief Minister had given the court a written undertaking that he would not permit the status quo at the site to be altered.

K'taka: What SC verdict means for anti-defection law, BSY govt,...

The judgement has bearing on the upcoming Karnataka bypolls which are scheduled for December 5.

13 Nov 2019 12:14 PM IST

Sudin Dhavalikar, Former Goa deputy CM

Goa defections an outrage

Given such a dubious first call, the party had the advantage of engineering defections.

29 March 2019 2:42 AM IST

View of Parliament House ahead of its Monsoon session in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Manish Tewari | What ails Parliament?

A salient instrument of holding government accountable is Question Hour

3 Dec 2022 11:48 PM IST

Unlike some others, Indias Constitution doesnt recognise the institution of political parties. Its the same in other serious and major democracies. (Representational image: PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Anti-defection law and inner-party democracy

Political parties are extra or non-constitutional arrangements to organise people on the basis of shared ideas,...

1 March 2022 6:48 AM IST

Rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde plays chess at a hotel where he is staying with supporting MLAs, in Guwahati. (PTI)

Manish Tewari | Scrap defection law, find a new way to ensure probity

The fact remains that over the past 37 years the anti-defection law has failed to fulfil the foremost objective for...

2 July 2022 11:43 PM IST

BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa makes a point during his speech before resigning ahead of the Trust vote on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Anti-defection law does more harm than good

The anti-defection law essentially removes the conscience of the elected representative and is thus a blow to democracy...

20 May 2018 5:34 AM IST

The Kairana bypoll was necessitated following the death of its sitting BJP MP, Hukum Singh, in February. (Representational image)

Post-poll pacts need disciplining

Disastrous consequences to the nation of a rule by such a coalition even for a brief spell of six months are not...

31 May 2018 1:16 AM IST

Vice president and Rajya Sabh chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Congress-led opposition parties notice to impeach CJI Dipak Misra. (Photo: File/AP)

Need new rules to tame 'erring' MPs: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice-president calls for a stronger anti-defection law to make it harder to switch parties.

5 Sept 2018 1:55 AM IST

The decision was taken at the ongoing winter session in Nagpur recently.

Netas to lose 6 years for switching party

Corporators or councillors switching loyalties will be disqualified for 6 years.

13 Dec 2016 4:28 AM IST