Anti-defection Law

10pointer17 Sep, 2022Education

10POINTER- Recently, eight of the 11 Congress MLAs in the Goa Assembly defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). What is Anti-defection Law? The Anti-Defection Law under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution punishes MPs/ MLAs for defecting from their party by taking away their membership of the legislature. Origin Aaya Ram Gaya Ram was a phrase that became popular in Indian politics after a Haryana MLA Gaya Lal changed his party thrice within the same day in 1967. The anti-defection law was a response to the similar toppling of multiple state governments by party-hopping MLAs. Parliament added it to the Constitution in 1985.