Impact of defection law and party whip in Indian democracy
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The seeds for anti-defection law were sown in the late 1960s with the infamous turncoat Gaya Lal changing his political affiliation thrice in a fortnight, this impregnated the ill-famed phrase Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram. Over the decades, the Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram politics mushroomed and in 1985 the ruling dispensation under the leadership of Shri Rajiv Gandhi implemented the Anti-defection law by adding the 10th schedule through the 52nd amendment. The primary objective of this law was to encumber snolly gosters from throttling the throat of democracy.
Over the years with numerous court cases, clarity was obtained with regard to the provisions of the law. The relevant provisions of the 10th schedule of the constitution read as:
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