Anti-Defection Law: Should the Speaker Decide Disqualifications?

Name: Anti-Defection Law: Should the Speaker Decide Disqualifications?
Uploaded: 2020-01-25T14:35:18+00:00
Duration: 4 min 51 s
Channel: The Quint
Description: Contesting elections on one party's ticket and later joining another party is termed as defection – a common phenomena in politics. To prevent such acts, the anti-defection law was introduced in 1985. But, is it the legislation still effective?

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Contesting elections on one party's ticket and later joining another party is termed as defection – a common phenomena in politics. To prevent such acts, the anti-defection law was introduced in 1985. But, is it the legislation still effective?

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