The end of chapter one
Now that the ‘Maharashtra saga’ may have an ending with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stepping down as a result of a protracted internal rebellion, will someone enlighten us in the rest of India about the parliamentary discussions during the passage of the anti-defection law and, importantly, how and why Members of Parliament accepted the legal loophole of permitting defection as an acceptable one? It is that provision along with the power to the Speaker to decide on defections that is the bane of politics in India. The time has come to rectify a defective law.
Duggaraju Srinivasa Rao,
