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  • 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