Anti-Defection Law: How Defections Are Weakening Democracy
The defection of legislators from the Aam Aadmi Party, the Trinamool Congress, and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) is a shameless spectacle dressed as a morality play. Its script seeks to obliterate the already-weak opposition, and bestow overwhelming power upon the Bharatiya Janata Party, a political behemoth that already straddles India. Such a scenario will…