{"id":192669,"date":"2022-06-27T20:36:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=192669"},"modified":"2022-06-27T20:36:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:06:19","slug":"ruchi-gupta-writes-the-crisis-in-maharashtra-shows-the-anti-defection-law-to-be-ineffective-even-counterproductive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ruchi-gupta-writes-the-crisis-in-maharashtra-shows-the-anti-defection-law-to-be-ineffective-even-counterproductive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruchi Gupta writes: The crisis in Maharashtra shows the anti-defection law to be ineffective, even counterproductive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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News<\/strong>: The political crisis in Maharashtra has brought focus back on the anti-defection law. The law has failed to provide the stability of elected governments.<\/p>\n

What is anti-defection law?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Read more: \u201cNominated members\u201d and \u201cAnti-defection Law\u201d in India<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the challenges associated with the anti-defection law?<\/h5>\n

Repeated ceding of political power to the judiciary<\/strong>: Political parties are repeatedly giving primacy to legal instead of political battles since these issues inevitably end up in court. This repeated ceding of political power to the judiciary is a serious deviation from the democratic paradigm and must be checked.<\/p>\n

Polarization<\/strong>: The anti-defection law has undermined not just the very principle of representation but has also contributed to polarization in the country. This is by making it impossible to construct a majority on any issue<\/strong> outside of party affiliation.<\/p>\n

Many governments have fallen due to defections in recent times. Further, defectors have not suffered any cautionary consequences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: <\/strong>The success of anti-defection law in India and its relevance in multiparty parliamentary system<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What should be done to prevent defection?<\/h5>\n

Firstly<\/strong>, The way forward is to amend the anti-defection law<\/strong>. By mandating time-bound decisions by the Speaker and disqualifying defectors from standing for the next election as well.<\/p>\n

But there are certain challenges with the amendment as well. For instance, a disqualified representative may simply choose to have a family member stand in their stead.<\/p>\n

Secondly<\/strong>, political parties must address organizational and ideological infirmities<\/strong>. This will address the mass defections in the first place. Political organizations’ vulnerability to mass defections calls for urgent introspective and corrective measures at the level of the leadership.<\/p>\n

Political parties need ideological clarity and the ability to attract individuals with a sense of purpose and not a love for power alone. This will give members the ability to withstand lean periods of power.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, Scrapping the anti-defection law<\/strong>: This would provide some institutional leverage to express intra-party dissidence. Though it may be more chaotic in the short term would lead to greater stability and political strength in the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more: Anti-defection Law: What can disqualify a legislator<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cRuchi Gupta writes: The crisis in Maharashtra shows the anti-defection law to be ineffective, even counterproductive\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0\u201cIndian Express\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a027th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News: The political crisis in Maharashtra has brought focus back on the anti-defection law. The law has failed to provide the stability of elected governments. What is anti-defection law? Read more: \u201cNominated members\u201d and \u201cAnti-defection Law\u201d in India What are the challenges associated with the anti-defection law? Repeated ceding of political power to the judiciary:… Continue reading Ruchi Gupta writes: The crisis in Maharashtra shows the anti-defection law to be ineffective, even counterproductive<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-192669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}