111 MPs, MLAs changed parties after winning elections since 2022: ADRA total of 111 MPs and MLAs changed parties in India between 2022 and 2026. Nagaland and West Bengal recorded the highest instances of such...
25 Sep, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Expect LS Speaker to take 'expeditious' decision on disqualification of 20 rebel TMC MPs: SCThe Supreme Court has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to decide “expeditiously” on petitions seeking the disqualification of 20 rebel TMC ...
23 Sep, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
NCPI appoints seven former TMC MPs among 27 national office-bearersNationalist Citizens Party of India has recently appointed 27 new national office-bearers, including seven former TMC MPs. This organizatio...
23 Sep, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
TMC rebel MPs seek four more weeks for replying to Lok Sabha disqualification noticesTwenty rebel Lok Sabha MPs who defected from the TMC to the NCPI have requested a four-week extension to reply to anti-defection notices is...
22 Sep, 2026, 05.27 PM IST
Trump to tout peace deals, defend Iran war in UN speechUS President Donald Trump will address the United Nations on Tuesday. He is expected to highlight battlefield successes and peacemaking ini...
22 Sep, 2026, 06.58 AM IST
Rebel TMC MP Basunia claims 17 of 20 NCPI MPs to join BJP; fellow rebels, ruling party denyA rebel TMC MP claims seventeen MPs will join the BJP soon. Fellow rebel MPs dispute this assertion and deny any such decision. The West Be...
14 Sep, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Lok Sabha Speaker gives rebel TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay time till Sept 22 to reply to disqualification pleaLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla granted Sudip Bandyopadhyay an extension until September 22. This allows the rebel TMC MP time to file his reply...
03 Sep, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
As SC hears case, Lok Sabha Speaker issues notice to rebel TMC MPs on Abhishek's disqualification pleaThe Supreme Court issued notice on Abhishek Banerjee's plea concerning disqualification petitions. The court sought responses from twenty r...
26 Aug, 2026, 01.18 AM IST
SC hears Abhishek Banerjee’s plea seeking expedited decision on disqualification of 20 Rebel TMC MPsThe Supreme Court heard a plea from TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee regarding rebel MPs. He sought expedition of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's deci...
25 Aug, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Abhishek Banerjee seeks SC direction on disqualification of 20 TMC MPsAbhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court seeking an urgent decision from the Speaker. The plea concerns the disqualification of t...
24 Aug, 2026, 06.55 PM IST
Lok Sabha to take up Bankers' Books Evidence Bill, Taxation Amendment Bill todayThe Lok Sabha will consider two key financial bills on Wednesday. These include the Bankers' Books Evidence Bill and the Taxation and Other...
05 Aug, 2026, 08.45 AM IST
Manish Tewari submits adjournment notice in Lok Sabha seeking discussion on new anti-defection law to curb opportunistic mass defectionsCongress MP Manish Tewari sought to suspend parliamentary business for urgent discussion. He proposed a new anti-defection law to curb oppo...
04 Aug, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Supreme Court flags 'enormous issues' with anti-defection law, issues notice on Kapil Sibal's pleaThe Supreme Court on Monday observed that India's anti-defection law has "enormous issues" while hearing senior advocate Kapil Sibal's plea...
28 Jul, 2026, 12.22 AM IST
Experts differ over timing of anti-defection law coming into forceAfter the sudden twist early in the morning, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said the decision to back Fadnavis was his nephew Ajit Pawar's personal...
23 Nov, 2019, 07.23 PM IST
View: Privilege democratic legitimacy in KarnatakaThe Supreme Court order is troublesome and would violate the principles underlying the anti-defection law.
17 Jul, 2019, 12.22 PM IST
Defection cases should be disposed of within a timeframe: Vice PresidentHe also advocated a need for an amendment to the Anti-Defection Law, setting a specific timeframe for disposing of defection cases.
05 Dec, 2018, 04.31 PM IST
Assam speaker Pranab Gogoi disqualifies 9 Congress legislatorsAssam Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi on Monday disqualified nine Congress legislators under the provision of anti-defection law.
22 Dec, 2015, 11.29 AM IST