Switching Sides
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Former Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP
He had resigned from the Congress on April 28 citing, among other things, disagreement with its alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.
Scroll Staff
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Indore Congress candidate backed out days after attempt-to-murder charge added to 17-year-old case
Congress leaders allege the BJP threatened Akshay Kanti Bam and forced him to defect.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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‘Shocked by BJP’s betrayal’: Muzaffarpur MP Ajay Nishad joins Congress
On March 24, the Hindutva party replaced him with Rajbhushan Nishad as its candidate from Muzaffarnagar.
Scroll Staff
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Opinion: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and the democratic politics of pronunciation
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A Tamilian in Kalinga: Why state pride is at the centre of Odisha’s election
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Political crises in Tamil Nadu, three other states expose the shortcomings of the anti-defection law
The 1985 law was to pave the way for clean politics, but has instead taken a toll on our legislative and political systems.
Chakshu Roy
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Maharashtra's five-party contest sees a wave of defections
The BJP has gained the most as members of other parties scrambled on to the bandwagon in recent months.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan