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Defections

  • One nation, one party: Is the anti-defection law dead?

    One nation, one party: Is the anti-defection law dead?

    Shoaib Daniyal
    · Jun 19, 2026 · 06:30 am
  • Six Uddhav Sena MPs skip party meeting amid speculation about defections

    Six Uddhav Sena MPs skip party meeting amid speculation about defections

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 18, 2026 · 02:50 pm
  • Bengal: Calcutta HC questions expelled TMC MLA’s appointment as leader of opposition by speaker

    Bengal: Calcutta HC questions expelled TMC MLA’s appointment as leader of opposition by speaker

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 12, 2026 · 10:36 am
  • Why the Trinamool Congress is collapsing like a house of cards

    Why the Trinamool Congress is collapsing like a house of cards

    Anant Gupta
    · Jun 10, 2026 · 06:30 am
  • SC gives Telangana speaker two weeks to decide on disqualification of MLAs who defected to Congress

    SC gives Telangana speaker two weeks to decide on disqualification of MLAs who defected to Congress

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 16, 2026 · 05:56 pm
  • Aam Aadmi Party dissolves all its units in Himachal Pradesh amid defections to BJP

    Aam Aadmi Party dissolves all its units in Himachal Pradesh amid defections to BJP

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 12, 2022 · 01:51 pm
  • 182 of 405 MLAs who defected in last five years joined BJP, shows ADR report

    182 of 405 MLAs who defected in last five years joined BJP, shows ADR report

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 12, 2021 · 11:24 am
  • West Bengal: Trinamool Congress MLA Manirul Islam, four other party leaders join BJP

    West Bengal: Trinamool Congress MLA Manirul Islam, four other party leaders join BJP

    Scroll Staff
    · May 29, 2019 · 06:32 pm
  • Tripura election: Congress is showing signs of a fightback but it may be too little, too late

    Tripura election: Congress is showing signs of a fightback but it may be too little, too late

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Dec 13, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • After defections to BJP in Gujarat and UP, fear grips Opposition parties in Karnataka, Orissa and TN

    After defections to BJP in Gujarat and UP, fear grips Opposition parties in Karnataka, Orissa and TN

    Sruthisagar Yamunan Dhirendra K Jha
    · Jul 31, 2017 · 10:30 am