Tag: Anti-Defection Laws

• 20 Oct 2020

  Are your representatives really representing you?: A comment on the anti-defection laws in India

  

  India follows a democratic system where citizens elect representatives to form a governing body such as the parliament. Representatives stand in elections and citizens vote to choose their representatives. The presence of strong and legitimate opposition is a sine qua non to check any arbitrariness and misuse of power. Indian democracy stands on the principle […]