CONSTITUTION OF INDIA / This historical record of defecting leaders will surprise, was forced to make such a law

It can be said that the politics of independent India is a little less old than the politics of 'defection'. For decades, India has been dominated by defector leaders, who have brought down governments and built them. Even the chair from the Chief Minister to the Prime Minister is at stake due to the defected leaders. Even in some cases, there were such cases when the leaders sitting on these chairs were even called defectors CM or PM. Well, to stop this practice of defection for the personal interest of the leaders, even a law had to be enacted, which is known as the Anti-Defection Law.

The history of defectors is very old

There has never been a shortage of leaders who changed the party, whether it is in today's time or shortly after independence. From MP-MLA to big and small leaders, parties have been changing for their political and personal gains. If you look at the history of defectors, between 1957 and 1967, 542 MPs / MLAs changed their parties. But after this such a record was set, which seriously expressed the need that anti-defection law should be brought in the country.

record set

The year 1967 was a wonderful year in the history of defectors. This year, more than 365 days in the year, the cases were due to defection. This year 430 MPs/MLAs changed their parties. In this, a record was also made in the name of Haryana MLA Gayalal. He changed the party 3 times in 15 days and not only this, there was one day in which he changed the party twice. He first went from Congress to Janata Party. Then came back to Congress and after 9 hours again returned to Janata Party. Since then, the phrase 'Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram' became famous in the country. Due to such politics of defection, the governments of 16 states also fell in 16 months.

Said defector PM

In July 1979, such a political incident happened due to which the Prime Minister of the country changed. There was such a tremendous defection in the Janata Party that Chaudhary Charan Singh of Lok Dal Party had become the Prime Minister. He was first in Congress and later he formed his own party. Due to this incident of getting the chair due to defection, he is called the first 'defection prime minister' of India.

law had to be made

When these increasing incidents of defection created a huge upheaval in politics, on this day in 1985, i.e. on 30th January, Lok Sabha cleared the way for automatic disqualification of political defectors by passing anti-defection law. . Some such provisions have been made in this Act, under which the membership of the Parliament/Assembly of the defecting leader will be terminated. However, even after making so many rules and regulations, the politics of defection could never end. On the contrary, as soon as the time of elections comes, there is a huge jump in it.