Anti-Defection Law: Why the Merger Clause Is Under Fire
On January 30, 1985, when the Constitution Amendment Bill providing for a law against defection by legislators was being discussed in the Lok Sabha, George Gilbert Swell, then an MP from Shillong, Meghalaya, raised questions about the proposed legislation that have proved especially prescient in the backdrop of the recent spate of defections. Swell, who…